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It is more than the sum of its many parts, as the Warlocks whip up a '60s of the imagination, making you hear the sounds anew while resurrecting the old before your very eyes.
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A solid 64 minutes of cavernous drumming, propulsive, grating guitars and cotton-mouthed moans.
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While these are accomplished musicians distilling their favorite musical influences, they fail to transcend those influences.
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Tired riffing, uninspired lyrics, and god-awful wankery.
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Like Spiritualized re-scored and re-scripted by Timothy Leary, something inescapably dark, dread ridden and mesmeric lurks within these tracks.
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Q MagazineThey make a noise disquietingly similar to The Dandy Warhols, only without the wit or the tunes. [Apr 2003, p.114]
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Phoenix is a loose concept album about overindulging in chemicals, love and guitars, and it mainlines feedback.
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Is it alchemy or robbery? Inspired or insipid? Who knows.
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The WireIt's on tracks like the ethereal, 15 minute "Oh Shadie" where the group's acid washed sound really takes off. [#232, p.74]
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UncutOccup[ies] the same sonic territory as The Dandy Warhols' underrated Come Down. [Aug 2003, p.108]
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SteveSpacemanNov 10, 2004The Warlocks ROCK live.