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Jun 4, 2013An attack on the lack of dissenting voices in popular culture, if this isn’t Mason’s bona fide masterpiece, it’s certainly approaching it.
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Mar 20, 2013Steve Mason is realizing his musical vision confidently, typified by the jump between the rather moving sampling of Brazilian commentary from a glorious Ayrton Senna lap, complete with soaring engines ("The Last of the Heroes"), to the pained yet undoubtedly uplifting, piano-led gospel of "Lonely."
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UncutMar 8, 2013A soulful, adventurous, state-of-the-nation classic. [Apr 2013, p.73]
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Mar 25, 2013Mason might have a lot of worries on his mind, but he’s managed to express them beautifully here.
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Mar 20, 2013If Mason’s last album Boys Outside was a window on his struggles with mental ill-health, Monkey Minds moves from micro to macro as he harnesses his strong sense of social justice, while continuing to hone the crisp electronics that so perfectly soundtrack his ghostly, exhortatory vocals.
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Mar 18, 2013It's testament to his songcraft that it feels all of a piece.
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Mar 13, 2013Monkey Minds In The Devil’s Time is a rich and literate album, which inspires conversation and debate.
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Mar 13, 2013Angry and socially conscious he remains, though. Monkey Minds in the Devil’s Time, a sprawling, beautiful, brain-belch of an album, is an hour-long testament to this.
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Q MagazineMar 11, 2013Like Boys Outside, Monkey Minds casts Steve Mason as a gifted songwriter, a world-worn bringer of anger, melancholy, hope and melody. [Apr 2013, p.96]
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Mar 8, 2013The whole is absorbing, invigorating, thrillingly distinct.
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Mar 8, 2013On his most rewarding release since The Beta Band, Steve Mason grapples with politics both public and personal, but in a warm, engaging manner that draws the listener in.
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Mar 8, 2013It is flawed--a few too many diversions and distractions, and one or two experiments that don’t really work--but the best thing about Monkey Mind In The Devil’s Mind is the simple way it frequently reminds you how good a songwriter Mason is.
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Apr 9, 2013Monkey Minds’ sharp, late-act turn into politicized proselytizing may seem jarring at first, but then it’s an accurate reflection of how politics can suddenly intrude upon our lives and upend our worldview.
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May 1, 2013At 20 tracks long, it gets a little over-familiar. The meandering "Operation Mason" and "Never Be Alone" would have been best abandoned in the cutting room. But what remains is a buxom sonic treasure trove.
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Mar 13, 2013It’s not only the boldness of Mason’s subject matter that makes this a brilliantly disquieting record, but also his ability to make it consistently warm and wholesome.
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Mar 25, 2013As the album warms up and moves from the personal to the politicalit grows teeth, building to MC Mystro's rap about the 2011 riots on More Money, More Fire.
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MojoMar 8, 2013Steve Mason's second album under his own name is more melancholy meander than Molotov Cocktail. [Apr 2013, p.95]
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