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- Summary: The latest full-length release from Slovenian band Laibach features music from its 2020 political theatre production that was based on the writings of Heiner Müller.
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- Record Label: Mute
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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MojoApr 28, 2022Lengthy spoken-word soliloquys (in German), sonic paintings of air raids and oracular avant-classical minimalism sit alongside more familiar Laibach Strum und Drang - the group's disorienting way with reframing materials makes for an unnerving experience full with violence, trauma and insight. [May 2022, p.86]
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UncutApr 28, 2022It absolutely stands on its own merits, however, as an album replete with the sinister strangeness and bleary whimsy which has characterised Laibach’s best work. [Jun 2022, p.29]
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Classic Rock MagazineApr 28, 2022This is not easy listening but it is arguably Laibach's most sonically rich, least ironic, most mature work to date. [May 2022, p.81]
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The WireApr 29, 2022While the overt campiness on display in Laibach’s The Sound Of Music has been toned down here, the choice to pepper the set with familiar German showtunes (“Flieger, Grüß Mir Die Sonne” and “Das Lied Vom Einsamen Mädchen”) feels ominous when paired with the stomach-turning paintings by Gottfried Helnwein on the cover. [May 2022, p.48]