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Oct 21, 2016Retribution is immersive, cathartic, potentially even transformative.
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Oct 25, 2016The new album trades in queasy atmospherics for a more robust rhythmic attack, with Tagaq feeding off the band’s energy as much as vice versa.
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UncutNov 22, 2016She produces a cumulative effect that's both shattering and exhilarating. [Jan 2017, p.31]
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Nov 21, 2016Scratchy, inchoate electronics, heavy, almost-metal power gestures and subtle violin all conspire at different points to make this a beguiling artistic protest of an album, and singularly one of the most considered and thought-provoking records of 2016.
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Nov 14, 2016A difficult but thrilling listen.
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Oct 21, 2016Retribution, is her strongest outing yet, shedding practically all of Animism's tethers to pop structure and mirroring her freer, convulsing, lung-busting, throat-flexing live shows.
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Oct 21, 2016Anyone who loves Jenny Hval’s blood-soaked ruminations or Maja Ratkje’s explosive tics will be transfixed.
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Oct 21, 2016This blending of past and present, delivered in the rawest way, makes her promise of Retribution that much more powerful.
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The WireJan 27, 2017Zubot’s production creates a sense of vastness, placing Tagaq’s voice low in the mix with strings and drums or conversely counterpointing it to instruments to create icy thick layers of noise. However, his maximalist approach fails the more poppy tracks. [Feb 2017, p.45]