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80

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8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 12 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the debut full-length release for the Brooklyn-based psych-pop jazz-influenced quartet of Lila Ramani, Brian Aronow, Jesse Brotter, and Jonathan Gilad.
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  1. Jun 17, 2019
    83
    A self-assured sound married to self-analytical songwriting makes Jinx the masterful soundtrack to those seemingly endless, restless nights. If only my anxious thoughts were as lovely a listen.
  2. Jun 24, 2019
    80
    Though their sonic palate is monochromatic, their music is both cogent and engrossing. Jinx feels like a hallucination that proves hard to shake.
  3. Jun 17, 2019
    80
    Crumb leads you deeper into the woods only to make you yearn for more, more, more. It’s easy to imagine that this might lead to some listeners to feel underwhelmed by the end of their first listen or two, but it also might be what lures listeners back for repeat spins of Jinx.
  4. Q Magazine
    Jul 2, 2019
    80
    As haunting as it is enchanting. [Aug 2019, p.111]
  5. Jun 17, 2019
    78
    The album’s hypnotic quality grows ever more romantic and tense with repeat listens, a prescient-feeling experience that matches a zeitgeist: strung-out maintaining in the face of impending doom.
  6. Jun 17, 2019
    70
    Jinx isn’t really a narrative anyway, more a fine assemblage in which a slightly eldritch weirdness is balanced with pop nous. It certainly feels like Crumb are on the cusp of something here.
  7. Jul 22, 2019
    70
    Tracks like Nina and Part III give some motion to the album's swaying ebb and flow, while the intricate contours of Ghostride highlight how they craftily maneuver texture and groove. Nevertheless, there's also a hidden complexity behind Jinx's playful variations.

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