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Mar 25, 2016Chaosmosis, though full of small pleasures, will undoubtedly go down as a minor work in the Scream discography. Primal Scream’s best records dissolved genres together like potions; Chaosmosis seems happy just to ride out the groove.
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Mar 25, 2016There was a time when Primal Scream were considered essential, an acclaimed element of the indie rock landscape, and more than anything, Chaosmosis simply confirms that those days remain firmly in the past.
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Mar 23, 2016The sonics find themselves not proving enough either. They’re free, to do what they want, any old time. And it costs them.
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Mar 21, 2016Chaosmosis is bright, honed and fun, though too many past stylistic bases are covered at the expense of new ground.
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Mar 18, 2016Compared to some of Primal Scream’s bold ventures in the past, it may be a bit lightweight, but it’s full of effervescent appeal.
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Mar 18, 2016The rest of the record, for all its flash, leaves us in some bland middle ground- lacking the impact and craft of great pop music, but too fleeting in its appeal to work as anything else.
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Mar 18, 2016Chaosmosis finds the band scaling back their predecessor, narrowing their vistas so drastically it often seems as if the group cobbled it together on an old Casio.
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Mar 17, 2016Coherence is not this album’s strong point, then, but it all hangs together--just.
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Mar 17, 2016The bracing, sometimes violent collision of rock ‘n’ roll and dance music that’s powered Primal Scream’s best work has been melted down here into mercurial droplets--shiny and radiant, to be sure, but ultimately non-descript.
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Mar 16, 2016It's an uneven effort by a band that specializes in doing whatever the hell feels right.
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Mar 16, 2016Chaosmosis has its moments, but it sure is patchy.
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Mar 15, 2016They’re still on the side of the angels and fighting the good fight but for a band that once excelled at being extraordinary, Chaosmosis is, occasionally, too ordinary.
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Mar 2, 2016At least half of Chaosmosis matches its vitality; the only real stinker is opener Trippin' On Your Love, a happy-clappy rave generation anthem even The Shamen might have passed on. But the highlights here are as good as anything Bobby Gillespie and co-writer Andrew Innes have fashioned since 2000's touchstone XTRMNTR.
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MojoFeb 23, 2016By shedding some of their rock'n'roll excess, though, it feels as if Primal Scream finally have some idea of what they want to be when they grow up. [Apr 2016, p.90]
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UncutFeb 23, 2016A jumbled record that veers from Screamadelica nostalgia to wobbly Bontempi soul to hushed acid-folk without ever quite finding a sound of its own. [Apr 2016, p.79]
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Feb 23, 2016Chaosmosis is not an explosive comeback, but it does at least contain flickers of the band’s lysergic disco-punk magic.
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