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Armonico Hewa

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Armonico Hewa

Sixth album from all-female post-rock Japanese band

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Thrill Jockey
UK Release date
02/11/2009
  1. 9.0 |   The Quietus

    It's rare, and usually a cop-out, to say so, but this is music so complete that it just is...It'll make you dance, rock out, grin from ear to ear, and it'll make your heart glow
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  2. 8.0 |   NME

    Bracing brilliance channelling the spirit of Yoko Ono, Le Tigre, Aphex Twin and Alice Coltrane
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  3. 8.0 |   Blurt

    ...the pleasures of this album are primarily non-verbal, the sharp clash of guitars, the clamorous dialogue of multi-part percussion, the alternatively vocalized yelps and hiccups and keenings of fierce and fearless women
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  4. 7.4 |   Pitchfork

    ...the balance struck by the group's best work is approximated while largely preserving the same display of technical chops on their last two records
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  5. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    The quintet’s interactions of voice, guitar, bass and drums defy the conventional ordering of such elements, exploring – across various line-ups - sterling to soft, excessive to esoteric, noise
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  6. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Symptomatically, in their unbridled wildness, some tracks inevitably lose their way – not too much. surprisingly only three are over six minutes – but like the streets of some alien metropolis, there’re worse places to get lost in
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  7. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  8. 5.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Unfortunately, not all of the experimentation works
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