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Nov 23, 2016Needing to prove nothing, Goat have created one of the most definitive musical statements of 2016.
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Sep 28, 2016There is a feeling of higher power, an all encompassing truth or consciousness that pervades the album, and provides the thread to link their myriad sounds. Rather than an end, this feels like a reincarnation.
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Oct 18, 2016In short, though this is a completely new face to Goat, a deeper, richer exploration of their abilities, it’s not a complete departure.
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Oct 17, 2016The chants, pipes and Afrobeat guitars might be facades, just like the masks and robes, but it doesn’t matter because the music underneath has real heart and soul.
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Oct 12, 2016The sprawling 13-track release that is GOAT's third studio full-length certainly allows each track to breathe more than ever before but even in their more subdued acoustic state the band's full weight can be felt.
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Oct 7, 2016The colorful textures and lush arrangements are a change of pace. Some fans may miss the heavier guitar attack of Commune, but the band carry off this new approach like the true sonic explorers they are.
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Oct 5, 2016When they get their teeth into a groove, Goat’s alloying of krautrock and Afrobeat, desert blues and psychedelia proves irresistible.
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UncutSep 27, 2016Though Requiem doesn't quite match the free-flowing intensity of some of Goat's earlier work, it's continually enriched by a fervent sense of joy and abandon, and an infectious eagerness to get lost in music. [Nov 2016, p.28]
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Q MagazineSep 27, 2016Requiem is Goat's most acoustic and folksy release to date, but their greedily promiscuous approach to pilfering beats from all pints of the globe is undiminished. [Nov 2016, p.107]
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Sep 27, 2016A casting off of the shackles of self-consciousness has borne exquisite fruit here, with any accusations of novelty or fetishism negated by the brilliance of musicianship, attention to detail and sheer fun of the thing.
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Oct 10, 2016Requiem is a double album, granting the band the real estate to stretch out more than usual and, at times, you wish they’d go even further.
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Oct 26, 2016Goat haven’t set the world on fire this time around, but they continue to make alluring, fascinating and significant music. On their third they have assembled a warm and more open record that doesn’t sacrifice their inherent mystery.
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Oct 25, 2016Goat have built a minor cult around their progressive, globe-straddling psychedelic world music, and this third album will only lengthen the Kool-Aid queue.
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Dec 13, 2016The music itself is far from nondescript, and if judged from this angle, and on its terms, Requiem is a flawed, unique, and immersive experience.
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The WireNov 8, 2016Tracks like “It’s Not Me” and “All-Seeing Eye” feel like works in progress and weigh down an already overlong album. Yet the album has its superlative bursts, like the fingerpicked coda of “Goodbye” and the gnarly biker metal guitars on “Alarms” and “Goatfuzz”. [Oct 2016, p.61]
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Oct 12, 2016Requiem is a double album but only 13 songs long, which means you’re in store for plenty of extended instrumental jams. Those chugging epics help establish the hazy mood and create plenty of atmosphere, but the best moments come when Goat attempt more conventional song structures.
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Oct 7, 2016Ultimately, Requiem is something of a mixed bag and you can’t blame a band as idiosyncratic as Goat for trying to break out. But Goat seem to be too consciously searching around for a new route forward rather than going with their instincts.
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Oct 7, 2016Requiem is the furthest Goat have ventured in expansiveness and length. Despite that, Requium is their most accessible moment to date.
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Oct 6, 2016Goat are admirably untroubled by questions of cultural appropriation or authenticity.
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MojoSep 27, 2016On Requiem, they invert proportions, taking a variety of folk and world sounds as base ingredients and embellishing those with rock noise. Whether that's a more intriguing approach depends on if you prefer relentless musical phrases delivered on pan flute or distorted guitar. [Nov 2016, p.91]