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Nov 4, 2014It’s a microcosm of this superb album, one that finds Deerhoof reaching a pinnacle on its most assured, compelling work to date.
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Oct 29, 2014Almost inevitably, the result is something that makes most commercial music look like a palid, indistinct, homogenous mass.
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Nov 7, 2014The foursome pack as many ideas as possible into each delirious minute. [14/21 Nov 2014, p.105]
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The WireDec 16, 2014The result is streamlined and raw, but still with their customary flourishes of melodic invention woven in. [Dec 2014, p.48]
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MojoNov 19, 2014Maverick pop genius soon reveals itself. [Dec 2014, p.96]
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Nov 13, 2014Deerhoof’s ability to channel its musical chops toward sharp political critique--while retaining moments of whimsical release--explains how the band has survived for 20 years and proves that it possesses the ingenuity to thrive for many decades to come.
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Alternative PressNov 6, 2014This album aims straight for your hips and doesn't miss. [Dec 2014, p.104]
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Nov 6, 2014For anyone who’s ever wondered what sort of album a hybrid of Joan Jett and Janet Jackson would make, the answer is right here.
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Nov 5, 2014Refuse be fooled by the any cutesy pop leanings. La Isla Bonita is wonderful, but there are no all-inclusive resorts on this island.
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Nov 4, 2014Even the full-length's sleepier moments offer a break from its breakneck speed and succeed in balancing out an otherwise dizzying record.
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Nov 3, 2014Even on these songs, it feels more like Deerhoof are coming full circle than looking back; that they've been able to put different but cohesive spins on their sound so well, and for so long, is truly remarkable.
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UncutOct 31, 2014There isn't another band who make creativity sound so intensely joyous. [Dec 2014, p.75]
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Oct 29, 2014La Isla Bonita is harder, edgier and noisier than 2012's Breakup Song, but just as charming, off-kilter and curious.
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Nov 7, 2014Their 13th album, La Isla Bonita, is among their most accessible, reaching for moments of escapism that never entered the frame on 2012's Breakup Songs.
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Dec 3, 2014Tracks like "Doom" highlight how everyone present is essential to what is taking place, where a change to any element of that interaction would give a song a perceptibly different gait.
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Nov 18, 2014This is one of the tightest and most intricately arranged Deerhoof records, particularly rhythmically
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MagnetDec 10, 2014Results are varied.... Luckily, Deerhoof's blahs are better than most people's best. [No. 116, p.57]
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Nov 10, 2014Whilst La Isla Bonita might end on a downer musically, this is an album that finds Deerhoof sounding refreshed and eager to go for another 20 years.
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Nov 10, 2014This is an album of difficult rhythms, squawking guitars and bohemian eccentricities that will leave fans delighted and everyone else baffled--just as their 12 others have done. Business as usual, then.
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Oct 31, 2014The best moments on La Isla Bonita evoke the inventiveness of Deerhoof's classic albums and their ability to explore seemingly limitless possibilities within their own (admittedly unique) framework.
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