Pullhair Rubeye - Avey Tare & Kria Brekkan
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the first album-length collaboration for the married duo of Animal Collective's Avey Tare and Mum's Kria Brekkan. No, you are not crazy; every song is indeed (intentionally) played backwards.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Negative: 2 out of 7
  1. Pullhair Rubeye is significant not because of its aesthetic and non-conceptual disposition, but also for its dedication to instinct and brave novelty (in the best sense of the word).
  2. It's like they rented studio time in the red room from Twin Peaks.
  3. Pullhair Rubeye isn’t awful, but it could’ve been great.
  4. The album is seriously frustrating.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 2 out of 9
  1. hafnarbakki
    10
    I highly recommend Pitchfork to reverse their name into Krofhctip and buy all the rest of the Pullhair Rubeye albums and give them away to all Animal Collective fans for free. Collapse
  2. TheDude
    10
    On first listen, knowing that the album had been reversed I didn't quite know what to think. I rushed to find reverse versions of the album's tracks and quickly (and prematurely) made up my mind: only the noncommercial version was worth hearing. But after listening to that version several times I went back, deciding to give the couple's debut another shot. A few hardcore AC fans had highly recommended the album and I figured it deserved a fair listen. What did I learn? This album grows on a person. I now understand why the couple decided to release the version they did. It is beautiful and innovative. Truly a great record. Expand
  3. Ry'anneH.
    9
    I've been listening to the "corrected" version, as well as the original, on repeat for three days and I am enamored. "Opis Helpus" is the clear standout, both forwards and backwards. Transcendent, gorgeous, jaw-dropping. Expand
  4. EricC
    3
    Avey was really hoping that his risky "experiment" to play the record backwards would impress Collective fans. Unfortunately, it's not cool to listen to, and turns out being a poor effort, though I hear it was a pretty solid album before they ruined it. In the end, it's too bad he didn't decide to follow in the path of Panda, who just made amazing music and let his fans listen to it as it should be listened to. Expand

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