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  1. Positive: 12 out of 14
  2. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Mar 27, 2015
    90
    Föllakzoid carry forward both traditions in their own uncompromising way, and with III they deliver their most polished album to date, and their most coherent statement of how they relate to their forebears.
  2. Mar 31, 2015
    80
    Its monomaniacal refinement might sometimes challenge you to commit to its worldview, but it's an album that both demands and rewards deep listening.
  3. Q Magazine
    Apr 1, 2015
    80
    The overall effect is expansive--this is kosmische musik for a desert rather than an autobahn--and it's far-out in the best possible way. [May 2015, p.105]
  4. Mar 30, 2015
    70
    The album won't hold you rapt for the entirety of its 45 minutes, but it'll never totally release you from its grasp either, seeping its way into your pores like an insidious fog.
  5. Uncut
    Mar 30, 2015
    70
    A usefully pungent backstory enlivens this decent collection of head-nodders. [May 2015, p.73]
  6. May 7, 2015
    67
    Four songs clocking in at nine minutes or more, Föllakzoid's III unfolds subtly and gradually to steady, hypnotic rhythms inspired by their Andean forebears.
  7. Apr 7, 2015
    60
    They ply the same general furrow as American contemporaries like Wooden Shjips, though with a tighter, more consciously limited focus.

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