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7.5
108075
7.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A very different release for Unknown Mortal Orchestra, taking on the challenge of being challenging, discarding psych-pop levity and going balls to the wall
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7.0
107935
7.0 |
Uncut
It's an austere, difficult listen, but it's frequently thrilling. Print edition only
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7.0
107925
7.0 |
Exclaim
If nothing else, you have to admire UMO's commitment for releasing a project that could easily turn fair weather fans into un-followers, but then again, maybe that was Ruban Nielson's intent all along
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6.5
107994
6.5 |
Pitchfork
Joined by his brother, father, and the Vietnamese musician Minh Nguyen, Ruban Nielson throws off his habitually weighty themes and digs into a refreshingly raw, heady session of psychedelic rock
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6.0
107926
6.0 |
The Music
These “songs” obviously hold some significance for the band, who recorded some if not all in Vietnam and who were impressed enough to approve its release
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6.0
107936
6.0 |
Q
If a tad skronky in parts and slight at 28 minutes, the deep grooves of IC-01 pull you in. Print edition only
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6.0
107937
6.0 |
Mojo
Amid the jams and Vietnamese trim, neat ideas coalesce. Print edition only
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6.0
107969
6.0 |
DIY
On the peripheries of what we know to be UMO
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6.0
107979
6.0 |
All Music
While making Sex & Food in Vietnam, the band recorded an electric jazz record with the Neilsons' horn-playing father and local musician Minh Nguyen
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5.0
107924
5.0 |
God Is In The TV
There is literally nothing experimental on this record.
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