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FilterThat this album eviscerates the armies of shoegazer-come-latelies is a trifiling accomplishment compared to the fact that for 74 minutes--with an overall tone of foreboding bordering on the haunting and disturbing--this album is impossible to turn off. [Spring 2008, p.92]
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Hellbent on pushing the envelope, Newcombe shines as a prolific madman once again and as recycled as the ideas are, My Bloody Underground is a fantastic new direction and a forward thinking album that indicates that however combustible, there is a lot more life left in BJM, in any incarnation.
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As pastiche, this all makes for a fragmented and cumbersome back-to-back listening experience - utterly dominated by wild mood swings. But with so many independently functioning songs on offer, certain suites of two or three become hands down irresistible.
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MagnetMy Bloody Underground is yet another experience of the stripe only Newcombe can sculpt. [Summer 2008, p.99]
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Although the vast majority of the record stays consistent, as on just about every Brian Jonestown Massacre record Newcombe always finds a way (or must resort to, depending on how you see it) to throw in a few buckets of filler.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 15
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Mixed: 1 out of 15
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Negative: 3 out of 15
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CharlieQJul 17, 2008
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BrendanW.Jun 18, 2008
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DylanCJun 8, 2008