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- Summary: The Japanese experimental group's latest album features guest musicians Michio Kurihara of Ghost and Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O))).
- Record Label: Southern Lord
- Genre(s): Rock, Experimental, Metal
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Alternative PressTo call this "sunstroked desert hallucination mood music" sells it short. It actually transforms the atmosphere of the space in which it's played. [June 2008, p.132]
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Near the album’s close, the psychedelic insanity of Ka Re Ha Te Ta Sa Ki is a whirlwind of pounding drums, circular chanting, spasmodic guitar noise and violent soloing that perfectly exemplifies Smile’s fusion of panicky, heavy abrasiveness and lush, melodic and dreamy sprawls.
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Smile is one of the better heavy releases this year, and one of the best in the band's extensive catalog.
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The WireA comfortable listen, occassionally diverting, but by no means a groundbreaking album. [May 2008, p.51]
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While the American Smile is a worthy follow-up to Rainbow and Pink, it's the Japanese version of the album that makes it a masterpiece.
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While Smile may be inarguably more accessible than their previous releases, it still has enough cloaked treasures to keep the diehards interested.
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Though excellent in brief parts, much of the album is still worrisome, at times specifically seeming to document a band running out of steam.
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