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- Summary: Brooklyn's Oneida has been around a bit longer (since 1997) than some of their fellow bands in the New York neo-garage/punk/new wave scene, and 'Secret Wars' marks their sixth LP.
- Record Label: Jagjaguwar
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 17
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Mixed: 1 out of 17
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Negative: 1 out of 17
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They channel experimental noise, acid-drenched riffs, and live-show spontaneity into a record of brilliantly crafted nuggets of lysergic rock that is easily their most consistent effort to date.
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Alternative PressA frenetic, opaque masterpiece that ranks in the upper echelons of post-rock primacy. [Apr 2004, p.96]
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Secret Wars is more than a good album. It's an incredible experience, taking you out of your daily life into a mysterious and mind-changing space.
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Secret Wars feels like a keeper, like an album I’ll pull out and play and still love ten years from now.
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A schizophrenic mess of maypole folk and motorik drive.
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All in all, expertly wobbling prog metal, constructed out of as few chords as possible.
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Secret Wars is a sobering demonstration of what repetition can do in the wrong hands, as the Brooklyn trio funnel the most endurance-testing excesses of Suicide, Can, Sonic Youth and stoner rock into a joyless, oppressive piece of work.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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BobbyGJan 3, 2005I don't remember listening something so heavy and yet melodic at he same time.
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davesJan 18, 2005One helluva pysch-rock noise as you could wish for. ideal for fans of Comets On Fire and ilk.
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