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- Summary: The fifth release for the doom duo of Jon Porras and Evan Caminit includes a 17-minute track.
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- Record Label: Thrill Jockey
- Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Experimental Rock, Doom Metal, Dark Ambient
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Apr 10, 2013V may be more intimate and introverted than Ancestral Star or Lost in the Glare, but it is no less cinematic. It’s a remarkable return to the fore for Porras and Caminiti.
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MojoApr 10, 2013V comes as a spellbinding corrective. [May 2013, p.95]
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Apr 10, 2013They are sketches--nothing more, nothing less. But it all changes on the final, aptly-named, track Opulent Decline.
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Apr 15, 2013Though trimmed down from more than a half-hour of unedited movements, the lengthy piece begins to drag almost immediately, and its droning, slow transitions are the only weak spots on an otherwise captivating and sonically rich collection.
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Jun 6, 2013Undoubtedly, it’s all about layers on V, pull enough back and you will find the most complex Barn Owl album to date; a full sonic-cleanse of what remains within the dark, and what remains without.
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Apr 22, 2013[V feels] both transitional and incubatory.
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UncutApr 10, 2013Though the 18-minute celestial sludge of "The Opulent Decline" conjures all the right imagery, you suspect Oneohtrix Point Never invariably got there first. [May 2013, p.67]