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Oct 3, 2011After three more amorphous recordings, Trust Now reveals a mature, realized Prince Rama sound, at once intoxicating and beguiling.
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Oct 28, 2011Trust Now doesn't have the earnestness or perhaps shear quality of songwriting as Shadow Temple, and it feels a bit homogenized where its predecessor felt cohesive.
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Oct 7, 2011The bass churns, chimes tinkle, and tribal drums patter rhythmically, drawing listeners into wide-eyed sonic journeys only Prince Rama could cook up.
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Sep 30, 2011They sound like serious witches--impossibly high, fluttery voices singing mystic incantations over pulsing, six-minute jams that gun for another astral plane, and occasionally reach it.
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The WireDec 6, 2011A certain bass jumpiness is evident throughout these six tracks, a post-grunge melodic murkiness that is at once reassuring but also puts paid to elevating the record into the realms of the ethereal. [Oct 2011, p.58]
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Nov 7, 2011This uncanny sound field suggests a different set of priorities from the usual transcendentalist rock seekers, and Trust Now is all the better for it.
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UncutOct 18, 2011Self awareness and self-loss are finally balanced, especially on Portaling. [Nov 2011, p.97]
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Nov 4, 2011
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Oct 8, 2011The fresh album by Prince Rama (now a duo of sisters Nimai and Taraka Larson) sounds exactly as youâ