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  • Artist(s): Matt Cherry, Chris McNeal, Coley Dennis
  • Summary: The latest release from the experimental instrumental rock band based in Athens, Georgia, is its first with new drummer, Mike Albanese.
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  • Record Label: Temporary Residence
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Rock, Experimental Rock
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  1. Alternative Press
    Oct 25, 2012
    80
    Like their kindred spirits and labelmates in Turing Machine, Maserati have their headspace programmed to "liftoff" in an effort to take you higher than you've ever been. [Nov 2012, p.90]
  2. Oct 25, 2012
    77
    VII pursues no radical new directions for Maserati, but even though you sort of already know these songs, they still have enough engaging motion and kinetic force that if you ever loved them in the first place, you'll love them all over again here.
  3. Magnet
    Dec 4, 2012
    75
    It's like 90215-era Yes meeting up with Air and fellow auto enthusiasts Trans Am for a jammola in the trunk of, yes, an indestructible talking car. [No. 93, p.57]
  4. Oct 25, 2012
    70
    Ultimately, the album sounds more like Tangerine Dream than it does Justice, but the songs unfold and soar in ways indebted to both the patience of space rock and the immediacy of electronic party music.
  5. Oct 25, 2012
    65
    The Giorgio Moroder-style synth underpinning on some tracks adds a unique element; while its use could send some bands in a prog-y direction, here it serves best to create further tension.