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- Summary: Bobby Krlic's second full-length release as The Haxan Cloak was influenced by electronic music.
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- Record Label: Tri Angle
- Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock
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Positive: 16 out of 16
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Mixed: 0 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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May 3, 2013Excavation is a brilliant piece of work, one best enjoyed actively with a premium set of headphones, in solitude.
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Apr 12, 2013Excavation is vivid and physical, each moment meticulously and purposefully crafted.
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Apr 26, 2013Much as every black witch’s cloak is undeniably part of a discourse that includes both Black Sabbath and Black power, The Haxan Cloak is in a dialogue with contemporary dubstep, and with Excavation, he proves that he has much to add to the conversation.
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Apr 12, 2013This is lightless, horrifically bleak electronic music, but it still sounds human despite its lack of words, melodies or analog instrumentation; there’s a tangible personality to it that’s all its own.
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Apr 16, 2013He might have translated his sound into electronics with Excavation, but here Krlic's music feels more wrenchingly human than it ever has been.
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Apr 12, 2013As the Richard Harris exhibition showed, by enabling us to momentarily confront our own mortality, morbid artistic meditations on death can be oddly and overwhelmingly uplifting.
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Apr 29, 2013Excavation is a dark, ominous and sinister album, but Bobby Krlic is too smart to focus solely on scaring the shit out of his listeners, instead using electronics and beats to explore the haunted past and uncertain present in ways that build on his previous output without rehashing tired “hauntology” clichés.
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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