Under the Spell of Joy
by Death Valley Girls
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. thespectre77
    Oct 15, 2020
    10
    The perfect album for road trips and other trips, I hear flashes of Romeo Void, B -52's, X Ray Spex & Hawkwind in their make up, this is a most excellent record!

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Nov 18, 2020
    70
    While the hazy creep if bleeding skull candles still waft through DVG's music this is essentially a white magick album, pulsating with light and sunshine and bursts of raga-punk exuberance. [Dec 2020, p.81]
  2. Pitchfork
    Oct 27, 2020
    77
    Even as it revels in new-age proselytizing, Under the Spell of Joy never treats inner peace as a given—it’s something achieved by going on the offensive, by engaging in continual struggle.
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  3. Clash Music
    Oct 13, 2020
    70
    The best thing about the album, and there are a lot of good things to it, is just how simple it is. Nothing feels overthought, calculated, or insincere. The songs come across like gentle gusts of warming wind when you are out late without a coat.
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