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Miracle-Level

Deerhoof

Miracle-Level

Album number nineteen from the experimental San Francisco indie rock quartet and first in Japanese

ADM rating[?]

7.6

Label
Joyful Noise Recordings
UK Release date
31/03/2023
US Release date
31/03/2023
  1. 8.5 |   Spectrum Culture

    A giddy, exuberant romp from an increasingly assured and unlikely mainstay
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  2. 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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  3. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Back with their 19th album, wonky-pop mainstays Deerhoof are on reliably solid form
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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 7.9 |   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. 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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