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- Summary: "Ten Pieces" is the fourth album for Swedish psych-rocker Gustav Ejstes, who is joined here by guitarist Reine Fiske.
- Record Label: Kemado
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 23
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Mixed: 5 out of 23
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Negative: 0 out of 23
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It isn’t the sort of artistic statement that promises to change anyone’s life, but it’s no less a great work of escapist art, the sort of essential record I’d pick for any hypothetical list of desert island necessities.
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Once again, English speakers need not understand a lick of Swedish to enjoy the music's universally mind-expanding effects.
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"Tio Bitar" is an excellent follow-up to "Ta Det Lugnt," offering another far-out trip courtesy of Ejstes and his musical magic.
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The influences may be antediluvian but the spirit is timeless.
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If this album is less immediately impressive than its predecessor it’s because apart from tightening their arrangements the sound is still exactly what you expect.
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Its few missteps are well balanced by a handful of blissful, seismic bright pockets.
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Dim-witted 1970s rock, that washed-out old dinosaur, is the drearily dominant theme.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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NodonMay 15, 2007It's grewing on you!
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TylerMay 2, 2007Solid from start to finish. Nearly on par with Ta Det Lungt.
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JeffPApr 27, 2007
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