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- Summary: The first Japanese-language release from San Francisco-based experimental rock band Deerhoof was recorded in Winnipeg by Mike Bradavski.
- Record Label: Joyful Noise
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Positive: 8 out of 8
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Mixed: 0 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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Mar 28, 2023The performances are some of the most articulate and explosive in the band’s enviable catalogue, while also making room for moments of exquisite tenderness. ... The album in Deerhoof’s discography that Miracle-Level is closest to in feel is probably 2008’s Offend Maggie, where the band effectively balances ferocity with sweetness, dissonance with anthemic melody. At this stage in their career it feels miraculous that Deerhoof keep on releasing music that’s quite this vital and inventive.
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The WireMar 28, 2023For whatever accessibility that might be lost in the decision to eschew English lyrics is balanced by a fresh emotional immediacy. Arrangements are sparse and pristine, each sound serving a purpose. ... An album that witnesses Deerhoof at their most vulnerable and volatile. [Apr 2023, p.52]
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Mar 28, 2023Their experimentation lies more structurally than sonically here. ... It also means that when they do lock into an extended groove it feels all the more impactful, be it the slinky The Little Maker, or the fractious firestorm that emerges in the middle of Momentary Art of Soul! It makes for an album where brevity belies what an enlivening and broad world it contains.
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Mar 31, 2023In less capable hands, this sonic goulash could sound incoherent or sloppy, but that’s the magic of Deerhoof; they take all of these disparate elements and somehow transfigure them into cohesive songs. At its core, Miracle-Level is a celebration of the human spirit, one that offers optimism and wonder in the face of pessimism and hopelessness.
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Apr 5, 2023Miracle-Level by Deerhoof is as vitalizing as it is soft-hearted. The studio sound has fully revealed accomplished players interested in exploring the humanitarian capabilities of music, expressing, however vaguely or explicitly, a longing for the miraculous and a rejection of the mundane.
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Apr 3, 2023Deerhoof are at both their most whimsical and most energetically approachable on Miracle-Level.
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UncutMar 28, 2023One of its overarching joys is its relative directness, very much a conscious deciaion on the group's part. This is Deerhoof we're talking about, though - they still play it like they're hurtling towards collapse at breakneck speed, before pulling everything together with a fantastic flourish. [May 2023, p.28]
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Positive: 1 out of 2
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Mixed: 1 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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May 16, 2023
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Aug 21, 2023It could have been a bit better. Overall it is a listenable album. I also really like the album cover.
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