Six Cups of Rebel
- Lindstrom
- Band Name: Lindstrom
- Record Label: Smalltown Supersound
- Release Date: Feb 7, 2012
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Mar 9, 201260When [the album] is all over the lingering echoes are of dizziness and disappointment.
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Feb 21, 201280Synth-driven grooves that feel communal and cosmic at the same time.
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Feb 15, 201240There may be some great ideas on here amongst the mis-steps, but without any suspense, it is difficult to tell.
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Feb 15, 201270While the final result may be uneven in places, if you leave your inhibitions at the airlock you're guaranteed an enjoyable ride.
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Feb 15, 201240So many of the risks taken are either unevocative or plain annoying, particularly when the tracks are structured with so little sense of development.
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Feb 13, 201265The outright space exploration of Lindstrøm's previous musical outings is sometimes lost here. His dancefloor is fun, but its been grounded this year.
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Feb 10, 201270Six Cups is a "fun" record, sounding less serious in melody and experimentation than Lindstrøm's previous work, but it was undoubtedly crafted with the intentions of being taken equally seriously
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Feb 10, 201254Six Cups of Rebel isn't bad, but it is heavy-handed--and nowhere near his strongest.
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Feb 10, 201280It's imaginative and endlessly intriguing.
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Feb 9, 201245The noxious muck on evidence here obscures most of what made his past music so singular.
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Feb 8, 201270[A] rock-inspired electro-alien world that Lindstrøm has carefully crafted.
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Feb 8, 201230[A] superficial lack of organization and purpose.
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Feb 7, 201280Six Cups is a busy, urgent and joyous trip that sidesteps categorization, a feat unto itself in field where new micro-genres are described every few months.
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Feb 7, 201250Points for trying something new, but it's hard to disagree with Lindstrøm's own assessment of the record as something of an experimental misfire.
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Feb 7, 201274The record's understandable missteps are minor in comparison to its joyful evocations, and though Lindstrøm seems to be attempting to approach new territory, he does it in considerate measures and comes away with something that still makes perfect sense.
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Feb 7, 201269There are good ideas scattered about on the record, but when you have to pass through several minutes of cacophonous effects and layers of sound, it can get a little exhausting.
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Feb 7, 201290He doesn't ever disappear too far up his backside, instead keeping an attentive ear on what his devotees might still want to hear.
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Feb 7, 201270Six Cups of Rebel is chock-full of the kind of bizarre, cartoonish, sci-fi lunacy and cheekily maximalist, gonzo musical odysseys they've made their stock-in-trade.
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Feb 7, 201260More color than meaning, but seductive enough to lure you in and keep you there.
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Feb 7, 201242Six Cups seems determined to resurrect the bad decisions of pop's past.
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Feb 17, 201280You can practically hear Lindstrom reaching for his wizard hat and robes at times, but equally Six Hats is right on time, digging into similar disposable digitalisms to James Ferraro's Far Side Virtual, all without bursting that disco bubble. [Feb 2012, p.61]
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Feb 8, 201240At times, as on "De Javu," it's a dazzling new dimension, but some may await his return to more conventional zones. [Mar 2012, p.90]