Shackles Gift
by Zun Zun Egui
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Custom_Concerns
    Feb 5, 2015
    7
    Bombastic instrumentation, pristine production, and clever songwriting makes this the number one tropicalia-influenced funk-rock album of January 2015. Highly recommended.
  2. dennisbrown
    Feb 7, 2015
    9
    Love it! This album cannot get lost amongst all the other big releases of Janaury. its got it. Check it out. Really good songs, great playing, psych and industrial.
  3. WendyDermott2
    Feb 8, 2015
    9
    This album makes me feel alive and strong. Its angular, has groove and interesting textures and varied emotions. Real big step up from their previous work. I am interested in what they will do next.
  4. KanugaRecords
    Feb 13, 2015
    9
    Zun Zun Egui’s second effort “Shackles’ Gift”, is a terrific, cohesive piece of work that shines with songwriting brilliancy and musical complexity.

    A very immediate but carefully crafted album, which transcends musical boundaries and showcases the maturity of a band that is constantly moving forward. Kushal Gaya’s voice impresses for its large range and originality, in which his    Zun Zun Egui’s second effort “Shackles’ Gift”, is a terrific, cohesive piece of work that shines with songwriting brilliancy and musical complexity.

    A very immediate but carefully crafted album, which transcends musical boundaries and showcases the maturity of a band that is constantly moving forward.

    Kushal Gaya’s voice impresses for its large range and originality, in which his Mauritian roots meet a post-punk sensibility that shakes you with power and dynamics.    … Expand

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Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Mojo
    Feb 18, 2015
    80
    The 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]
  2. AllMusic
    Feb 3, 2015
    90
    The 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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  3. The Quietus
    Feb 3, 2015
    80
    As 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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