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Mazes

Moon Duo

Mazes

Synth drone and heavy psychedelic pop on the second album from Wooden Shjips singer and guitarist Eric "Ripley" Johnson teamed with Sanae Yamada

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
Souterrain Transmissions
UK Release date
18/04/2011
US Release date
29/03/2011
  1. 9.0 |   Blurt

    If Moon Duo keeps up their rate of creative ascension at the speed they are going, soon enough folks might start mistaking Wooden Shjips as their side project rather than the other way around
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  2. 8.0 |   The 405

    While maintaining the typical sonic trademarks of the band, details are now more discernible through the fog of organ where before they would be hidden in hiss
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  3. 8.0 |   NME

    What must surely be the most herb-friendly album of the summer
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  4. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Certainly one of 2011's highlights thus far
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  5. 8.0 |   BBC

    Each track is one massive hook with dynamics simply tossed aside in favour of volume and steadfastness
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  6. 7.4 |   Pitchfork

    An exercise in accessibility and concision, using familiar, melodic pop templates to support their drone and krautrock tendencies
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  7. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Blistering guitar solos and catchy repetition are what rock and roll is about. It’s fun in the darkness
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  8. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Original? No. Enjoyable? Yep
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  9. 7.0 |   AU Review

    The record genuinely grows with every listen
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  10. 7.0 |   The Quietus

    Heavily indebted to the likes of original Krautrockers Neu! and pioneering electronic minimalists like Silver Apples and Suicide
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  11. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Moon Duo stay true to form and this is still at its core hypnotic psych-rock
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  12. 6.5 |   Bowlegs

    Johnson and Yamada have made a dazed slice of psychedelics brimming with energy – making for a maze worth getting lost in
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  13. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    It’d be simple to call Mazes a nostalgia trip, but fairer to call it a trip and leave it at that
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  14. 6.0 |   Q

    An enjoyable mission. Print edition only

  15. 6.0 |   Uncut

    A surprisingly funky take on Suicide/Stooges/Spacemen 3 minimalism. Print edition only


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