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9.1
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9.1 |
A.V. Club
With Wondrous Bughouse, Powers has deftly managed his expanded musical toolset to craft an impressively sophisticated and compelling—yet often unsettling—collection of psych-noise arrangements, with much to burrow into and explore on repeat listens
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9.0
52143
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Wondrous Bughouse is a delicious collage: provocative, allusive and consistently engaging
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8.7
51747
8.7 |
Pitchfork
This record broadens Powers' musical and lyrical scope into something universal in a literal and figurative sense
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8.5
51753
8.5 |
The 405
Remarkable in both ambition and execution, Powers' second record is indeed wondrous
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8.3
51751
8.3 |
Pretty Much Amazing
Its songs are as rooted in the songwriting of 20th century pop-rock ballads as they are in the sonic experimentation of psych-pop contemporaries like Animal Collective or Yeasayer
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8.0
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8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
If you enter into it willingly and with joy it could be the kind of record you’ll be in love with for years to come
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8.0
51903
8.0 |
No Ripcord
Despite its enormous size and power, however, what makes Wondrous Bughouse such a unique experience is Powers himself
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8.0
51911
8.0 |
Spin
Youth Lagoon craft modernist pop so perfectly of its time that we're hardly aware of how much time has passed
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8.0
52256
8.0 |
Entertainment.ie
Wondrous Bughouse is quite a journey while it may lack some of the low-key charm of its predecessor, it is a logical yet curious and startling next step for an artist who might just prove to be something very special indeed
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8.0
52310
8.0 |
State
If there was any weight of expectation on Powers’ shoulders, he’s definitely met it with an incredibly accomplished second album and avoided the dreaded sophomore slump
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8.0
52384
8.0 |
DIY
His sophomore album, 'Wondrous Bughouse', sees him articulate his vision even more dazzlingly
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8.0
52491
8.0 |
The Irish Times
An album to relish
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8.0
51750
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
With a dash of curiosity and a good pair of headphones in tow, take a step into Trevor’s adventures in Bughouse-land. You’ll marvel at what you’ll hea
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8.0
52765
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
Wondrous Bughouse is a warm, melodic, enchanting delight, a densely layered yet still lo-fi pop album that stands up against the more psychedelic hallmarks of The Flaming Lips, Tame Impala and more
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7.0
52584
7.0 |
The Digital Fix
The endearing bedroom-pop melodies and personal lyrics that characterised Year of Hibernation give way here to the overarching sonic vision of a disintegrating cosmic circus
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7.0
52254
7.0 |
musicOMH
For those with a high tolerance for psychedelic whimsy and the time to invest in repeated listens, Wondrous Bughouse offers ample pleasures
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7.0
51752
7.0 |
All Music
An undeniably impressive-sounding album that will please fans who loved The Year of Hibernation for its intricate sonics, but those who empathized with its emotions might feel a tad disconnected
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7.0
51754
7.0 |
NME
An album of disorientating pop
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7.0
51862
7.0 |
Paste Magazine
While Wondrous Bughouse may not be for everyone, it certainly pushes new barriers
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6.8
51748
6.8 |
Beats Per Minute
While it appeals for better editing, Wondrous Bughouse is also thought-provoking on a grand scale
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6.0
52618
6.0 |
Q
Shifts away from scratching around his less pleasant, darker thoughts and focuses on a more spiritual world. Print edition only
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4.0
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4.0 |
PopMatters
Doesn’t expand Youth Lagoon’s sound so much as pour neon-colored Kool-Aid onto it until it’s diluted to a point where it’s almost difficult to hold onto much of anything in these songs
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4.0
51749
4.0 |
Slant Magazine
Leaves a distinct impression that it was a lot more fun to make than it is to listen to
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