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Circles

Moon Duo

Circles

Wooden Shjips guitarist Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada's third collection of psychedelic blues and krautrock

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7.0

Label
Souterrain Transmissions
UK Release date
01/10/2012
US Release date
02/10/2012
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  1. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    These propulsive compositions often sound like they could go on forever, but Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada are disciplined explorers
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  2. 8.0 |   NME

    For those than can stomach its muscular experimentation, 'Circles' is out of this world. Print edition only

  3. 7.8 |   Bowlegs

    Moon Duo, aided admirably by Phil Manley in the Aladdin's cave studio that is Lucky Cat, have upped their game yet again
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  4. 7.6 |   Pitchfork

    What seems like such a consistently pleasurable but perhaps stubbornly inflexible formula is consistently subverted in intriguing ways
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  5. 7.0 |   The Fly

    Ttracks like the sweetly-countrified title track and the blissful ‘Trails’ sound more like some kind of heaven
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  6. 7.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    For the most part, the record brims with that signature fuzz, groove, and drone, but it’s not monochromatic like last year’s Mazes – hence the pluralized title
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  7. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    They make business as usual seem like an enjoyable pastime rather than a laborious chore
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  8. 7.0 |   Blurt

    Even if it's in small phases, Moon Duo continue to evolve as they revolve
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  9. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    I’d be damning it with faint praise if I called it a reliable record. But that’s kinda what it is: reliably fun, but above all, a reliably good piece of music
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  10. 7.0 |   DIY

    This is krautrock coloured in. The repetition becomes mesmerising, the melodies all consuming; once it’s in your head it just keeps reverberating
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  11. 7.0 |   Prefix

    For those interested in a group that still finds ways to take Krautrock down several roads, Circles more than succeeds
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  12. 6.8 |   Beats Per Minute

    These slick, fizzing grooves will worm their way into your brain of you let them, just don’t go in expecting any fireworks
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  13. 6.0 |   All Music

    Pleasant and even fun in places, while being somewhat tedious and even boring in others
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  14. 6.0 |   Mojo

    A psychedelic trip. Print edition only

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