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The WireDec 6, 2011A certain bass jumpiness is evident throughout these six tracks, a post-grunge melodic murkiness that is at once reassuring but also puts paid to elevating the record into the realms of the ethereal. [Oct 2011, p.58]
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MagnetNov 11, 2011They focus more on freeform jams than commercial song structure. Then, as now, it makes for indulgent and difficult listening. But, if the path of wisdom lies in such excesses, then the Larsons are certainly well on their way. [#81, p. 59]
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Q MagazineNov 8, 2011This latest offering from former Hare Krishna disciples Taraka and Nimai Larson finds the Brooklyn-based sisters in typically mind-altering mood. [Nov. 2011, p. 139]
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Nov 7, 2011This uncanny sound field suggests a different set of priorities from the usual transcendentalist rock seekers, and Trust Now is all the better for it.
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Oct 31, 2011This is a piece of chewed-out gum; with no viable nutrition, no flavour and no joy. Do yourself a favour and spit it out.
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Oct 28, 2011Trust Now doesn't have the earnestness or perhaps shear quality of songwriting as Shadow Temple, and it feels a bit homogenized where its predecessor felt cohesive.
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Oct 24, 2011It is by no means a bad album, and if you're already into the band it will provide a new fix of freakout, but to deserve any more than a 6/10 it really needs to nail the transcendental and ditch the kitsch.
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Oct 19, 2011Frustratingly, Trust Now doesn't advance on the better ideas from Shadow Temple, particularly the elements of dance music that occasionally surfaced.
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UncutOct 18, 2011Self awareness and self-loss are finally balanced, especially on Portaling. [Nov 2011, p.97]
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Oct 17, 2011The Brooklyn duo's fifth album is less pan-pipe chill-out and more a brooding and oppressive morass of sound akin to a shamanistic Zola Jesus.
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Oct 7, 2011The bass churns, chimes tinkle, and tribal drums patter rhythmically, drawing listeners into wide-eyed sonic journeys only Prince Rama could cook up.
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Oct 5, 2011In recorded form, Prince Rama's magic becomes bewildering, likely to leave listeners more spooked than stunned.
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Oct 3, 2011After three more amorphous recordings, Trust Now reveals a mature, realized Prince Rama sound, at once intoxicating and beguiling.
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Sep 30, 2011They sound like serious witches--impossibly high, fluttery voices singing mystic incantations over pulsing, six-minute jams that gun for another astral plane, and occasionally reach it.
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Positive: 2 out of 3
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Mixed: 1 out of 3
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Nov 4, 2011
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Oct 8, 2011The fresh album by Prince Rama (now a duo of sisters Nimai and Taraka Larson) sounds exactly as youâ