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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.