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7.7

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  • Summary: The first new release for the New York experimental band in seven years features contributions from Jorge Elbrecht and Ryan Sawyer.
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  1. Jun 19, 2018
    90
    The more introspective stance that Gang Gang Dance take in this instance reveals a much richer and more impressive depth. The relentless energy has given way to a form of meditation, that reveals a sense of peace and tranquility. The exploration that the band performs in this instance, crazy as it might seem, is more substantial and covers more ground, resulting in a monumental release.
  2. 80
    Gang Gang Dance’s sixth album, just like their previous work, emphasises how there’s a vast world beyond our closest surroundings.
  3. The Wire
    Aug 8, 2018
    80
    As comebacks go the album has an almost blissful assurance. It positively levitates with calm, like someone back from a long trip who knows they have all the time in the world to tell you about their new guru. [Sep 2018, p.54]
  4. Uncut
    Jun 18, 2018
    70
    Their strongest and most coherent records. [Jul 2018, p.28]
  5. Jun 25, 2018
    60
    It is hard not to hear Bougatsos refracted through the lens of Grimes, an artist who radically expanded on GGD’s commercial potential. In comparison, Bougatsos now comes up a little ephemeral.
  6. Jun 22, 2018
    60
    Whether its dreamy palette is progressive or pacifying, Kazuashita undoubtedly brings moments of beautiful respite.
  7. Jun 25, 2018
    50
    Kazuashita, then, is the barely audible sigh that follows when you crack open the vacuum-sealed bag that preserved GGD in that hiatus--everything’s there, but crisply folded and flat.

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