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- Artist(s): Aya, Kayan, YoshimiO
- Summary: The eighth full-length release for the Japanese experimental rock band is its first with new drummer, Mishina.
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- Record Label: Thrill Jockey
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Jan 21, 2020With nijimusi, OOIOO have reestablished their reputation as an astonishingly talented band that can often be jarring, unsettling, and even occasionally off-putting. But their spirit of innovation and originality is always present. And they are never, ever boring.
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Jan 30, 2020A joyous exposition of masters at work. OOIOO are still unlike any other band I can think of. They are resolutely themselves.
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Jan 21, 2020Experiencing the music of OOIOO is an incredibly satisfying series of sensations that seems to form an exclusive bond between creator and listener. It's a plunge into unbridled creativity that is the true essence of psychedelia.
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Mar 4, 2020No matter how many years go by between their albums, the adventures they embark on are irresistible.
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Jan 21, 2020Despite a culminating victory lap in which riffs from the group’s past albums come back for a curtain call, the album doesn’t feel like a nostalgia trip. Instead, it’s a consolidation of the strengths that this band has been amassing over its long life.
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UncutJan 21, 2020Their last LP, 2014's Gamel, was their best for yonks and Nijimusi maintains that strong form. [Feb 2020, p.26]
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Feb 4, 2020“Why is this happening,” a listener might wonder as the music jumps from one notion to the next? “Why not? Now hold on,” would be the response, if anyone were of a mind to put such matters into words. ... Sometimes the music coheres into a tight, catchy chant or a propulsive passage, but these moments end before you’re ready. Perhaps the freedom not to keep doing what you’re doing, and not to have to make sense while you’re doing it, is the point?