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- Summary: The latest release for the band led by Steve Wynn features a guest appearance from The Long Ryders' Stephen McCarthy and was recorded in an 80-minute studio session.
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- Record Label: Anti-
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
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Apr 20, 2020The group's first two post-reunion albums were fine and deeply satisfying, but The Universe Inside goes someplace most fans would never have expected. It's bold, challenging, and dreamlike stuff that stakes out new territory for the band and unexpectedly succeeds on the level of their best work.
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Apr 20, 2020Clearly this one-off side trip is not for everyone, perhaps including The Dream Syndicate fans. But those willing to take a leap into more mysterious, experimental, unfamiliar, occasionally avant-garde waters will find enough spine-tingling moments to make this one of the more mind-expanding hours you’ll experience on any recent CD.
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May 21, 2020The Universe Inside is not some Metal Machine Music style, highbrow exercise in sarcasm and disrespect, it's a powerful piece of contemporary music which still manages to sit logically in the band's oeuvre.
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UncutApr 20, 2020A compelling new chapter in their long history. [Jun 2020, p.39]
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The WireApr 28, 2020It’s hard to believe this is the same band who bowed out with Ghost Stories. There they sounded uptight and reticent; here they are restless and free. The creative rebirth continues. Where to next? [May 2020, p.55]
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Classic Rock MagazineMay 6, 2020Stunning. [Jun 2020, p.89]
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Apr 20, 2020The Universe Inside might not be insanely memorable as a whole, but will still make for recurrent vivid flashbacks in the days after you’ve listened to it.
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