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Mashing up hypnotic chants, beguiling banjo licks, head-spinning melodies and sonic tomfoolery, these 11 cinematic songs are the pseudo-psychedelic soundtrack to a most wonderful dream.
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Family shows that Le Loup have really come into their own since the release of their 2007 debut.
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Family is a work of purpose, from a band whose previously wandering attention-spans rendered any chance of artistic success accidental.
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Under The RadarFamily offers up a musical experiment that is simultaneously familiar and exotic. [Fall 2009, p.64]
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Family is an excellent album. Le Loup hasn’t altered their original goal and purpose, instead they’ve added new collections and they’ve even improved on some of the earlier problems from their debut.
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The opaque nature of Family makes it seem like a prime candidate for remixes with a touch more bite, but as it is, this is a record to fill those times when Panda Bear seems just a little too raucous.
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Even if the overall effect here isn't terribly original, there are still plenty of nice touches spread throughout these tracks to suggest Le Loup holds the potential to become more than an amalgam of well-regarded influences.
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After a very strong first half, Family starts to get a little shaky in the home stretch.
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Q MagazineNegotiate the idea that you're eavesdropping on a social anthropology seminar and ther are thrills to be had. [Nov 2009, p.110]
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Nov 26, 2010How this album did not make it to the best of 2009 lists are beyond me. Same goes for their first from 2007.