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Metascore
84

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6.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the sixth full-length release for the Norwegian instrumental electric jazz and rock trio of Hedvig Mollestad, Ellen Brekken and Ivar Loe Bjørnstad.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Uncut
    Jan 25, 2019
    80
    On this sixth album, there's a deft combination of denseness and groove that is never easy to master, but also a freestyle improvisational quality. [Feb 2019, p.29]
  2. Mojo
    Jan 25, 2019
    80
    Mollestad Thomassen's adoption of free-flowing soloing brings a sound less claustrophobic than before. Extraordinarily, in doing so, no power is lost. [Feb 2019, p.87]
  3. Classic Rock Magazine
    Jan 25, 2019
    80
    If you want to know what Hendrix might have done beyond 27, listen to this. [Feb 2019, p.91]
  4. The Wire
    Jan 25, 2019
    80
    The sixth album by this Norwegian power trio is, like each of its predecessors, a fierce demonstration of their strengths as individuals and as a collective. [Feb 2019, p.54]
  5. Mar 8, 2019
    80
    The music on Smells Funny explores both margins and interiors; this band keeps reaching for an as-yet-unknown sonic terrain where the genres they engage no longer matter as separate entities.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. Feb 8, 2019
    8
    HMT delivers a short LP that doesn’t hold punches, sending us a prog-rock letter in a jazz combo envelope while wonderfully blendingHMT delivers a short LP that doesn’t hold punches, sending us a prog-rock letter in a jazz combo envelope while wonderfully blending infectious baseline grooves and creative solo structures. Each member is clearly talented but the way they mesh together is the real highlight. 8 out of 10
    Tracks to Enjoy: “First Thing to Pop Is the Eye” & “Bewitched, Dwarfed and Defeated”
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