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Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings
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Positive: 5 out of 9
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Mixed: 4 out of 9
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Feb 5, 2015Bombastic instrumentation, pristine production, and clever songwriting makes this the number one tropicalia-influenced funk-rock album of January 2015. Highly recommended.
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Feb 7, 2015Love 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.
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Feb 8, 2015This 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.
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Feb 13, 2015
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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, 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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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.