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8.5
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8.5 |
Spectrum Culture
A giddy, exuberant romp from an increasingly assured and unlikely mainstay
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8.0
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8.0 |
PopMatters
Deerhoof’s Miracle-Level explores music’s humanitarian capabilities, expressing a longing for the miraculous and a rejection of the mundane
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Skinny
Back with their 19th album, wonky-pop mainstays Deerhoof are on reliably solid form
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
Deerhoof aren't just hoping for or expecting miracles, but making them happen. Miracle-Level is about seizing the opportunity to come together to create music and change - a message that, like their other 2020s work, is just as eternal as it is timely
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8.0
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8.0 |
Under The Radar
At its core, Miracle-Level is a celebration of the human spirit, one that offers optimism and wonder in the face of pessimism and hopelessness. It’s a little miracle in and of itself
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7.9
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Pitchfork
Recorded in single takes with minimal overdubs, the San Francisco band’s latest album—its first sung entirely in Satomi Matsuzaki’s native Japanese—is a confident set of small epiphanies
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7.0
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7.0 |
Uncut
One of its overarching joys is its relative directness, very much a conscious deciaion on the group's part. This is Deerhoof we're talking about, though - they still play it like they're hurtling towards collapse at breakneck speed, before pulling everything together with a fantastic flourish. Print edition only
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