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  • Summary: The Oakland, California band formed by Marielle Jakobsons and Gregg Kowalsky adds bassist Ben Bracken, tanpura player Michael Elrod, and guitarist Noah Phillips for its third full-length release.
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  • Record Label: Thrill Jockey
  • Genre(s): Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Noise Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Ambient Pop
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  1. Jul 8, 2013
    80
    The dusky flute and steadfast bass take care to set us back down on our feet as a bubbly synth bays like a hungry hound in the distance and twilight fades peacefully into night.
  2. Mojo
    Jul 10, 2013
    80
    [An] expansive advance on their Indian classical-inspired sound. [Aug 2013, p.98]
  3. Magnet
    Jul 17, 2013
    80
    This record's controls are set for the heart of the drone, and the crew knows precisely where they're going. [No. 100, p.53]
  4. Jul 8, 2013
    79
    On The Dusted Sessions they both deconstruct and reinforce the tenets of Americana and make something transcendent in the process.
  5. Jul 8, 2013
    70
    A strange end possibly, but The Dusted Sessions seeks to encapsulate the essence of the vast landscapes the band experienced and does so quite incredibly.
  6. Jul 8, 2013
    70
    The Dusted Sessions leaves you unsure of what you’ve just heard, like seeing a natural wonder for the very first time and feeling like a speck in the vastness of it all.
  7. Jul 8, 2013
    70
    The Dusted Sessions is a careful and wonderfully executed trip through two sides of discovery, through the sunburst of awe and the shadow it leaves behind.
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