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What results is an achingly brutal intensity given to each broken phrase, scream and sigh.
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Armed mainly with just his guitar and voice, Panda Bear creates some of the most longing and heart-rending songs you'll ever hear.
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85It's the kind of record that will have a profound impact on a small number of people, be ridiculed by many more, and never be heard at all by almost everybody.
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An underground delight. [13 Nov 2004, p.57]
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80'Young Prayer' is a piece of work that feels both mysterious and honest; a truly rare combination.
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80Far less lucid than his past work, even by Animal Collective standards, all nine untitled compositions reflect a man whose soul is adrift.
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The album manages to achieve that perfect pop effect: the ability to deal with enormously sad and personal subjects within the medium of happy, upbeat music.
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73If you're a fan of work by the Animal Collective, you'll probably want to check this out, but keep in mind that you'll need a little patience.
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A restrained lamentation, a controlled elegiac mediation on the death of a loved one.
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70As much a personal meditation as Sung Tongs is a social celebration.
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The initial pleasure of past Animal Collective albums is missing, but that may be the point. Panda Bear's grasp of the sublime makes this disc more than worth checking out.
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70Young Prayer is a visceral religious experience, its lyrics forsaken in favor of mantras that are more chanted than sung.
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70Think of Young Prayer as the demos deemed too spectral, too elusive, to be revisited for [Brian] Wilson's new take on Smile. [#249, p.61]
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60Weirdly affecting. [Dec 2004, p.151]
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Rather than being a well-planned effort, the record is perhaps a means of casual, off-the-cuff catharsis for the artist. [#8, p.116]
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MJ889Great stuff. So amazingly heartfelt... it's a must-listen.