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Nightlands

Forget the Mantra

Neo-psychedelic ambient experiments on the debut solo release from War On Drugs bassist Dave Hartley

Label: Secretly Canadian
UK Release date: 15/11/2010

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8.0 18942
8.0 | No Ripcord

Your appreciation for Forget the Mantra will depend on whether you can stomach another neo-psychedelic lab work. The timing may not be right, but this is certainly cream of the crop material
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8.0 18944
8.0 | Bowlegs

By mixing borrowed ideas, Hartley has created a unique and highly personal piece of work. This album must be heard. But go to bed first
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7.0 | Under The Radar

Stitched together from pieces of found sounds, aging cassettes, Gregorian chants, multi-layered chouses, Afro-rhythm sections, handclaps, and (most certainly) a few things that go bump in the night
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7.0 | Pitchfork

Ponderous lapses aside, Nightlands' psychic terrain is still a nice place to visit, even if you wouldn't want to spend the whole night there
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