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Feb 3, 2015The polished finish on the production, from Fuck Buttons member Andrew Hung, is also notable on this great effort from Zun Zun Egui, an album conducive to many repeat listens.
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Jan 22, 2015This is a difficult album to find fault with--not only on an immediate, aesthetic level, but also on a more considered, objective one.
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Jan 26, 2015Shackles' Gift was born in Maritius, yet constructed in London, it's as indebted to the past as it is to the present and it's to the band's credit that they understand that completely.
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MojoFeb 18, 2015The music is too futuristic--and, more bizarrely, too rooted in Indian Ocean folk roots--ever to get weighed down in heaviosity. [Mar 2015, p.96]
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Feb 3, 2015As a whole, Shackles' Gift is more obviously tuneful and considered than its predecessor and, as established, thematically watertight. The most interesting thing about it, though, is that it works outside of this context.
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Jan 26, 2015Minor misstep aside this is a kaleidoscopic album, dazzling in it’s detail, impressive in it’s intricacies and, best of all, one drawn from so many disparate styles, forms and functions that you could spend months digging through the cultural and musical references to satisfy the kind of musical curiosity it sparks.
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Q MagazineJan 23, 2015Shackles' Gift can sound grandly expansive, yet it's also locked into its own little world, thinking global, acting loco. [Feb 2015, p.117]
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Jan 23, 2015An early contender for one of 2015’s most welcome returns.
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Jan 22, 2015A command of melodies and songwriting ensures that it all fits together wonderfully, throwing a party for the world.
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Jan 22, 2015Zun Zun Egui's endlessly enjoyable second album is a bold and brilliant statement--an amorphous thing that entices and beguiles whilst simultaneously delivering heart-quickening thrills.
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UncutJan 22, 2015They've unleashed the rock monster within. [Feb 2015, p.87]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 5 out of 9
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Mixed: 4 out of 9
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Negative: 0 out of 9
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