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8.0
68422
8.0 |
Art Rocker
It’s old meets new again and self-described ‘power’ band Castanets are back with another minimalistic, somewhat dream-pop inspired experience of folk-driven psychedelia
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8.0
68423
8.0 |
musicOMH
This is emotional, mature art you listen to on some lonesome night – or with a loved one – intently, focused, and open. You will not be disappointed
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8.0
68712
8.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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7.0
68424
7.0 |
All Music
Instead of jarring feedback or circuit-bent noise, the folk songs here are augmented by cold electronics and preset synth sounds
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6.7
68756
6.7 |
Consequence Of Sound
Decimation Blues is solid throughout, with just a few scattered moments of unresolved confusion
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6.5
68800
6.5 |
The 405
Overall Decimation Blues is a welcome return for Castanets, full of ideas. Not all of them come off, but when they do they are genuinely surprising
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6.0
69020
6.0 |
State
If the album appears eccentric, it’s to Raposa’s credit that it never feels forced
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6.0
68426
6.0 |
Earbuddy
There’s very little cohesion tying this bundle together, so this album feels more like a week of studio rehearsals with no real direction in mind. Without the focus, Decimation Blues meanders along until it gradually comes to an end
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5.9
68425
5.9 |
Pitchfork
A series of geographical and temporal postcards, Decimation Blues is, at times, as beautiful and broken as the best of the Castanets’ catalogue, with songs that shape the confessions of a perennial lamenter into hymns for the mutually benighted
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5.0
68465
5.0 |
PopMatters
The harder moments on Decimation Blues feels too forced in their oddness, too self-conscious for us to really follow
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