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The Deepest Lake Image
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75

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  • Summary: The sixth full-length release for the Los Angels group was self-produced.
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  1. Feb 2, 2015
    80
    That Cambodian rock band with a repertoire of the most obscure covers have grown up--and no snakes were harmed in the making of this album.
  2. Jan 29, 2015
    80
    On The Deepest Lake, they deliver music that's thoughtful, imaginative, and sensuous in all the best ways, and this album is a joy for listeners with a taste for sonic adventure.
  3. Jan 29, 2015
    80
    On its fifth record, the group creates a rich, fully realized work.
  4. Jan 29, 2015
    80
    Chhom Nimol's twisting, beguiling vocals tell a hypnotic story without reliance on lyrical narrative; they seamlessly blend into the lushness of the group’s confidently exotic music.
  5. Uncut
    Jan 29, 2015
    70
    On their fifth full-length, they've got looser and groovier, and it suits them. [Mar 2015, p.75]
  6. Jan 29, 2015
    60
    It’s a fine set of songs that should sound even better live.
  7. Q Magazine
    Feb 25, 2015
    60
    Nine albums later the sextet's mix of American pop classicism and Khmer-language vocals is ever more indivisible, the melting pot now also including African rhythms. [Apr 2015, p.99]