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Load Blown, superficially, is more of the same; sample some 30 second clips online or in your local record store and it's believable that this is a continuation of what they've been doing the past few albums. The entirety, however, exhibits otherwise, and isn't nearly as fulfilling.
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Q MagazineThe Brooklyn trio have delivered an impressively bonkers set comprising three EPs. [Nov 2007, p.134]
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UncutYou leave Load Blown feeling that Black Dice, unlike many of their kin, are actually genuine experimentalists--even if it's with the caveat that sometimes it all rather blows up in their face. [Nov 2007, p.96]
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Because the sound is based on repetition, yet it bounces off every wall it touches, the album can be like a bad trip inside the mind of a schizophrenic and new listeners may not be ready, but for the others who’ve supported the band in the past, it can be a welcome respite from the sound they’re used to.
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Under The RadarThis feels a little lazy, like an ugly electronic quilt, its patchwork of half-assed electronic explorations hitting the mark every so often. [Fall 2007, p.72]
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Alternative PressYou either listen without prejudice or deem it the most pretentious, boring swill on the planet. [Dec 2007, p.176]
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There are glimmers of loveliness in the industrial-calypsos of 'Drool' and 'Bananas,' but that just makes the wilful awkwardness all the more frustrating.