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Tongues
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  • Summary: The latest full-length release for Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq was produced by Saul Williams and mixed by Gonjasufi.
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  1. Resident Advisor
    Feb 16, 2022
    80
    The album's wordless songs are almost as riveting as their counterparts.
  2. Exclaim
    Feb 11, 2022
    80
    Tagaq's talent as a throat singer and capacity to weave meaning through chaos is as breathtaking as ever. That said, Tongues demonstrates that her musical toolkit is only growing with the refinement of her message.
  3. The Quietus
    Feb 11, 2022
    80
    The intensity is stunning and continued across the remaining nine cuts, but shaped into divergent designs.
  4. Beats Per Minute
    Feb 11, 2022
    79
    She will turn heads with Tongues, and we would all do well to listen intently.
  5. Pitchfork
    Feb 11, 2022
    77
    In these songs, that ravenous, sinuous jumble of muscle and gristle swells within Tagaq’s body. It is a fearful presence, but a righteous one. It speaks with a strength that the young girl at that long-ago house party did not yet know how to wield. The violence this being threatens is the protective kind. But there is room, too, for tenderness.

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  1. Shaban98
    Jan 4, 2023
    10
    Tagaq's power is woven within every single track. When she sings, she uses body, soul and air in some frightful combinations, which have theirTagaq's power is woven within every single track. When she sings, she uses body, soul and air in some frightful combinations, which have their own charm and attraction towards the icy hunting ground where we are invited. Truly, an experience to be enjoyed.… Expand

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