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- Summary: The latest album for the Japanese quartet is the band's first release since 2006's "Taiga."
- Record Label: Thrill Jockey
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 8 out of 10
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Mixed: 2 out of 10
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Negative: 0 out of 10
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OOIOO transforms what could be mush into wonderful, brilliant songs that fold and mutate the ideas they’re based on into moving and coherent narratives.
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Bracing brilliance channelling the spirit of Yoko Ono, Le Tigre, Aphex Twin and Alice Coltrane.
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By repurposing this music with a child’s lack of regard for history, they make it fresh.
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The album’s 13 songs are succinct but eventful: clever structures with a world of references, a short attention span and a vandalistic pleasure in stray noise.
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Linguistic detective work aside, engage with natural scenery through scattered sound, this album does.
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Armonico Hewa proves that OOIOO are far from running out of ideas.
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Unfortunately, not all of the experimentation works.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 2
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Mixed: 1 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Feb 7, 2016
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Nov 9, 2011The fearless girls of OOIOO led by Yoshimi P-We continue their path on Armonico Hewa, the successor to Taiga. Sadly, the bandâ
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