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The sound is huge and intimate all at once; the songs have hooks and staying power.
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Alternative PressA frenetic, opaque masterpiece that ranks in the upper echelons of post-rock primacy. [Apr 2004, p.96]
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Seriously fucked-up and seriously stunning.
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A schizophrenic mess of maypole folk and motorik drive.
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Entertainment WeeklyThis bracing sixth full-length funnels the frenzy into more easily digestible bites. [6 Feb 2004, p.140]
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Secret Wars is an engaging 40 minutes; a haphazard, likely to spontaneously combust at any moment 40 minutes to be sure, but that was the ethic that spawned rock n roll in the first place and in these hands theres plenty of life in it yet.
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MojoThis time there's noticeably less fuzz and extraneous squall piled on top. [Feb 2004, p.92]
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Secret Wars is the first step toward the combination of Oneida's monolithic psych-rock and the numbing riff iteration they've spent so long deriving.
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They channel experimental noise, acid-drenched riffs, and live-show spontaneity into a record of brilliantly crafted nuggets of lysergic rock that is easily their most consistent effort to date.
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Secret Wars is more than a good album. It's an incredible experience, taking you out of your daily life into a mysterious and mind-changing space.
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Secret Wars feels like a keeper, like an album Ill pull out and play and still love ten years from now.
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Secret Wars clamors like past Oneida albums dating back to 1997, but it also shows a band mellowing out without losing its charge.
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These are eight rip-roaring, drag racing anthems mashed together with blood cakes and shards of bone.
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UncutTheirs is a maniacal mish-mash of seemingly incompatible musical styles--Krautrock, psychedelia, no-wave, prog, synth-pop, '70s stoner rock and punk--wrought from a deeply felt, genre-leaping love of challenge. [Feb 2004, p.80]
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All in all, expertly wobbling prog metal, constructed out of as few chords as possible.
Awards & Rankings
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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davesJan 18, 2005One helluva pysch-rock noise as you could wish for. ideal for fans of Comets On Fire and ilk.
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BobbyGJan 3, 2005I don't remember listening something so heavy and yet melodic at he same time.