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83

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8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 5 Ratings

  • Summary: Originally written for a concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Teknisk Museum (Norwegian Technical Museum), the Norwegian psychedelic band expanded and recorded it as its latest release.
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  • Record Label: Rune Grammofon
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Neo-Prog
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  1. Feb 19, 2016
    90
    The arrangements are exquisite, the textures multivalent, and the emotional resonances cavernous, intuitive, and expressive.
  2. Feb 19, 2016
    80
    This lovely journey offers both lush and haunting moments without sacrificing any of the experimental edges or familiar sounds.
  3. Feb 19, 2016
    80
    Whether this will go down as one of Motorpsycho's best albums (and there are a lot of contenders for that crown) only time will tell. Clearly though, they are a band as vital as they've ever been.
  4. Mojo
    Feb 22, 2016
    80
    Imbued with harmonies, melody and some hard-edged dynamics that draw on Led Zeppelin, this is what the pastoral Pink Floyd of 1971 might have done next. [Apr 2016, p.91]
  5. 80
    Washes of keyboards, a thunderous tattooing of drums and great, empty atmospheric spaces make for an inestimable, all-consuming listen, not least in the fragile-sounding Lacuna/Sunrise and the roiling I.M.S.
  6. 60
    The lyrics sound like they’re being negotiated, rather than expressed, while the music, for all its pleasing West Coast and Brit-psych affinities, lacks the risk and edge that made Sixties psychedelia such a thrill-ride.
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