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- Summary: This is the fourth release for the all-female Japanese rock band fronted by Yoshimi P-We of the Boredoms.
- Record Label: Thrill Jockey
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 7 out of 10
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Mixed: 3 out of 10
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Negative: 0 out of 10
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A lot of what's contained on this disc reaches for the transcendent and often attains that lofty goal. Even when it doesn't, though, it's still very much worth the listen.
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Alternative PressMoves from intense free jazz to gamelan to Boredoms-like (Ger)manic trance rock to fusionoid Tortoise-style meanderings-as played by psilocybin-gobbling aliens. [Feb 2004, p.93]
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The WireMore choppy and scattered than its predecessor but equally compelling. [#241, p.61]
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A collection of chaotic - yet charming - avant-pop rooted in Japanese culture both martial and precise, like letting blood in a rock garden.
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For those who had grown used to Boredoms' percussion-orgy period -- from Super Ar through to Vision Creation Newsun, with OOIOO's Feather Float in the middle -- such intermittence will give the album a broken feel, making it feel like its indulgences in improvisation and its ad-hoc demeanor are acts lacking discipline.
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Because of its unexpected instrumentation and fine songwriting, “on mani” is the only track on the album that can be praised as anything more than above average.
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Most of Kila Kila Kila is heavy in all the wrong ways and strangely earthbound.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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nashhDec 29, 2004
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