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9.5
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The Quietus
Tomboy is Panda Bear at the peak of his powers...one of the most essential Animal Collective releases to date
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9.1
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9.1 |
A.V. Club
Lennox has perfected the genre he helped create on Tomboy, while setting himself apart from it
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9.0
23819
9.0 |
Rave Magazine
Lennox’s unique vocal style and unassuming songwriting remain utterly compelling. Panda Bear continues to forge his own path and it continues to be a wonderful path to follow
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9.0
24948
9.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Aside from being a top-notch album musically, it very well may be Lennox’s most accessible work to date – at least with Panda Bear
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9.0
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9.0 |
Bowlegs
Is there nothing this man can’t do? It’s like he has a secret formul
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9.0
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9.0 |
No Ripcord
Another covertly personal album that reflects much of the psychedelic and experimental influences of his past, while still maintaining an innovative and pleasing sound
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9.0
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9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
The fourth truly outstanding offering from the Animal Collective camp in a row – and just as special as its much-feted predecessor
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8.5
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8.5 |
Pitchfork
Music that's both otherworldly and familiar-on-first-listen
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8.5
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8.5 |
Beats Per Minute
The application of heavy reverb and delay feels less about looking back than about looking in
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Observer
There is a lot going on, all the time, but rather than being disorientating, its complexities are something to luxuriate and lose yourself in
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8.0
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8.0 |
Uncut
Largely consists of variations on one sonic texture - the vocals are embedded in echo chambers, bass tones are almost totally absent
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8.0
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8.0 |
Spin
Panda Bear's fourth album scales back, proffering succinctness rather than sprawl, exchanging samplers for sequencers, in favor of added warmth and intimacy
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Skinny
Tomboy is a wildly eclectic and unpredictable beast
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8.0
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8.0 |
BBC
A chilled-out triumph
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Guardian
Dense, oppressive and utterly hypnotic, so detailed and minutely inflected that you become helplessly absorbed
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8.0
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8.0 |
State
Tomboy seems to be a work that offers more than just candy sweet melodic hooks on a conveyer belt – which its predecessor seemed to be preoccupied with
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8.0
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8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Panda’s vocals are the defining and binding sound, warping and slowing the surprisingly diverse music around them into a blissful, abstracted homogeneity
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7.5
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7.5 |
Prefix
Tomboy’s best quality is its consistency with Lennox’s vision, in spite of the critical hullabaloo surrounding it
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7.0
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7.0 |
NME
This is still recognisably a Panda Bear album; it just feels naked. Print edition only
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7.0
24898
7.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
A series of more or less self-conscious experiments in sonic form
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rolling Stone
If it's a bit less stunning than 2007's Person Pitch, it's also more focused
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7.0
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7.0 |
The Fly
Panda Bear at his most accessible
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6.0
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6.0 |
Slant Magazine
Though rich and dreamlike, Panda Bear's latest is too tedious, too bloated, and far too serious to be anything more than an above-average record
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6.0
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6.0 |
Under The Radar
Tomboy’s clear highpoint is “Surfer’s Hymn,” which also happens to be the clearest descendant of Person Pitch
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Independent
In places it sounds like Burial meets Brian Wilson, while elsewhere the vocals recall the Everly Brothers or Fleet Foxes heard through sheets of gauze
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6.0
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6.0 |
Blurt
Simpler and more tangible than earlier output, but at the cost of variety
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6.0
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6.0 |
Eye Weekly
Tomboy can be a total slog, eschewing its predecessor’s rhythmic verve for dubby murkiness
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6.0
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6.0 |
musicOMH
Tomboy not only lacks Animal Collective's recent experiments with rhythm and time, but also lacks the brilliantly designed balance and blend of Person Pitch
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6.0
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6.0 |
PopMatters
He eschews legibility, of structure, melody, and ambient coherence, so as not to distract from details
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6.0
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6.0 |
Q
Better to dabble your toes in this record than plunge right in. Print edition only
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4.0
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4.0 |
Mojo
Feels rhythmically constrained and sonically muted. Print edition only
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