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MojoJan 12, 2012Everywhere, tremolo guitars twang, and slow, compressed drums beat out the rhythm of disquietude. [Dec. 2011 p. 99]
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Q MagazineDec 15, 2011Dense swirls of electronic noise, baleful, twanging gothic country guitars, lyrics that never quite reveal some horrifying secret - fans of Lynch's films with find themselves on familiar ground. [Dec. 2011 p. 129]
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The WireDec 6, 2011Crazy Clown Time is like a sound painting of oddball modern USA done in the style of Old Weird America. {Nov 2011, p.62]
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Nov 11, 2011These songs lurch, sometimes crawl, through a swamp of woozy synths, twanging electric guitars, and portentous melodies.
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Nov 7, 2011The skies overhead on his debut album are dark and menacing for the most part: this is music to depopulate dancefloors, not fill them.
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Nov 4, 2011This is an intriguing diversion for the veteran filmmaker--not quite good enough to make us want him to give up cinema for keeps, but certainly a new strand to his unique, ineffable vision.
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Nov 4, 2011It's not a bad album as much, but to anyone familiar with Lynch's other work, it's entirely predictable in sound and style.
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Nov 3, 2011The results sound as if Lynch's old protégé Chris Isaak had taken a left turn into lyrical eccentricity, pulsing synths and sinister atmospherics.
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Alternative PressNov 2, 2011Like a late-night screening of Blue Velvet, it may be hard to get through, but impossible to ignore. [Dec 2011, p.121]
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Nov 2, 2011Lynch handles most everything else here--vocals, guitar, writing, production--creating soundscapes that are dark, unsettling, and often confusing.
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Nov 10, 2011To be fair, if it weren't for Lynch's lacklustre vocals and lyrics there might be a fairly solid collection of atmospheric retro rock 'n' roll here, but as it seems to be coming at the expense of his film career that's still not quite good enough.
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Nov 9, 2011Crazy Clown Time, recorded in Lynch's personal studio with engineer Big Dean Hurley, isn't exactly fart-blank, but this visual master shouldn't quit his day job.
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Dec 8, 2011Lynch, a man of minor obsessions, here explores just one -- quavery, Fifties-style guitar. The result's long on atmosphere and short on anything approaching mystery.
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UncutNov 23, 2011The whole oddball exercise is almost rescued by "Pinky's Dream." [Dec 2011, p.89]
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Nov 10, 2011Crazy Clown Time is clouded with studio experiments that attempt to hold up weak songs.
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