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MagnetOct 14, 2015A brilliant pastiche of styles. [No. 125, p.57]
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Oct 8, 2015Ttheir latest offering is inevitably a step forward. By moving on while still playing around with their familiar aesthetics, they reach the kind of artistic balance most people can only envy. That is, effortless progress.
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Oct 7, 2015Things mostly stay low-key and subtle, with Ejstes's guitar growing righteously wild just once, on En Dag På Sjön, one of several instrumentals.
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Oct 7, 2015Even when Ejstes and his combo stretch out, they do so in a catchy way. Sometimes they do it the old-fashioned way with a big, memorable melody. Other times it is a cool sound framed just so.
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UncutSep 25, 2015Allas Sak marks another gentle shift in direction for Gustav Ejstes, and though Dungen are not saying anything new, they're at least articulating timeless emotion in a classy fashion. [Nov 2015, p.75]
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Sep 25, 2015Whilst bands like Tame Impala made a quick buck imitating aspects of Dungen's sound, Allas Sak shows that Gustave Ejstes will continue to perfect and update his craft.
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Sep 24, 2015Allas Sak proves that they are still as good as ever, if not better, and can still teach those who have followed in their wake a thing or two about crafting a satisfying album.
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Sep 23, 2015What’s special is the less cosmic parts: the hard, self-contained compositions at the center of these tracks.
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MojoSep 23, 2015A serious trip. [Oct 2015, p.95]
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Sep 23, 2015Dungen are back, the same as ever but a little bit more so this time around.
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Sep 23, 2015While the execution has at times wavered over the years, Allas Sak finds the band fully re-engaged in the sound that it has staked out over the past decade--performing music that’s still as beautiful, optimistic, strange, and singular as ever.
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Sep 28, 2015This may be the sound of an artist working with a formula: a formula that is certainly an effective, endearing one, but a formula nonetheless.
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Sep 23, 2015The instrumental and compositional mastery on show is staggering. Whether it will make a dent in the consciousness of those who don't spend their time watching at the edges of the prog-rock firmament is another question entirely.
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Sep 23, 2015On 'Franks Kaktus' they squeal and screech against skirls of powerful blues strumming and thumping congas; things calm down on 'Flickor Och Pojkar' ('boys and girls' in Swedish), whose vibes and languid bass recall classic Air.
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Nov 9, 2015Allas Sak is a nice enough record. It sounds exactly like Dungen. No surprises.
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Q MagazineOct 6, 2015Folk and indie-pop influences are as prevalent as prog's darker hue, making Allas Sak far less challenging than it might have been in less thoughtful hands. [Nov 2015, p.109]
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