by
Moonface
- Record Label: Jagjaguwar
- Release Date: Aug 2, 2011
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Aug 4, 2011Depending on one's view, it could be heard as trance music for indie folks or prog music for electro pop fans.
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Aug 15, 2011His strengths are all being restrained, but you can tell they're struggling to get free.
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Aug 11, 2011What Krug describes as "something between pop and lush drones" are sub-zero tunes with unexpected bursts of warmth. They're not for everybody, and have an unfinished, sketchy feel, but it's hard to deny their strange beauty.
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Aug 10, 2011Organ Music feels too much like a mere exercise by the end of its thirty-seven minutes-a melancholic, dark, interesting experiment, but one without conclusive results.
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Aug 9, 2011Krug is a songwriter whose craft is best when met with the editing of other musicians--left to himself, however, we are left with a very forgettable retreat into his very OMD-obsessed psyche.
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Aug 3, 2011The truths on Organ Music are captivating enough; it's just too bad there aren't more of them.
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Aug 2, 2011Though his lyrics still reveal the same somewhat troubled, fascinated, inquisitive, frustrated, self-aware, and bewildered soul as always, the music itself is pretty bare bones.
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Sep 30, 2011Organ Music may not quite be what Krug hoped for--and it's by no means perfect--but it is intriguing and occasionally illuminating.
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UncutAug 18, 2011It's effective, but the lyrics and the slightly mannered vocals never really rise above the level of jokey pastiche. [Sep 2011, p.91]