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  • Summary: Michael Beckett's third release combines experimental noise with somewhat more conventional guitar-based songs (complete with vocals).

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 6
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  1. Junkmedia
    80
    A buzzing, raw jewel of a record that hints at seemingly limitless possibilities for Beckett's songwriting.
  2. Alternative Press
    60
    He seems hell-bent on sabotaging his amiable, acoustic-guitar-based songs with the sort of distortion and static that drive most engineers up the soundproofed wall. [Jan 2005, p.114]
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  3. Uncut
    60
    At times thrilling and at times frustrating. [Feb 2005, p.83]
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  4. The Wire
    50
    Hovering somewhere between offbeat anti-folk and laptop noise terrorism, Kptmichigan falls short of achieving a genuine hybrid but trails some interesting sonic debris in the process. [#249, p.64]
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  1. erikdiscostusupershow
    10
    what an amazing record. i can't believe it is being ignored, just as his last: player, player. give this a chance. animal collective smoking opium with wolf eyes while listening to lennon.… Expand

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