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Nov 19, 2013Open is magical, calming, intriguing, beautiful. It makes me smile to listen to it.
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The WireDec 10, 2013Climactic yet precisely controlled, it's a reminder of The Necks strengths, all of which are on display at different points throughout Open: their astute handling of pacing and momentum, finely honed collective sense of timing, and their shared ability to balance at length a group equilibrium, be it delicate or clamorous in register. [Oct 2013, p.50]
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MojoNov 25, 2013Open's success lies in its final effect on the listener, an enveloping state of reassuring calm. [Dec 2013, p.84]
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Nov 19, 2013I can’t think of a record I was less eager to go back to a second time, and I can’t think of a record I changed my mind about more on the second, third and fourth time, except maybe the Necks’ last one.
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Nov 19, 2013These parts slide and slip through and around one another, creating a shifting matrix that consumes your attention for as long as the band wants to play.
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Nov 19, 2013It’s precisely because of the transience and mutability of Open as a whole that its fleeting moments of splendor prove all the more affecting and beautiful, despite the possible contention that--because of the often contradictory accompaniment--these might not be moments of splendor at all.