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Weirdo Shrine

La Luz

Weirdo Shrine

Second album of surf rock from the Seattle quartet produced and engineered by Ty Segall

ADM rating[?]

7.3

Label
Hardly Art
UK Release date
07/08/2015
US Release date
07/08/2015
  1. 8.3 |   Paste Magazine

    What La Luz have going for them on their second album is a willingness to crank down the tempos to a sexy crawl that feel intended for bumping and grinding rather than shimmying or frugging
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  2. 8.3 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Their debut did an excellent job of establishing the band, but Weirdo Shrine unveils a great act making its true emergence. The songs are fuller, richer, and shrouded in more complexities
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  3. 8.3 |   A.V. Club

    Weirdo Shrine is a burnt-orange filter thrown over a world of dark gray
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  4. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    La Luz manage to capture the energy of their amazing live show, and drench it in dark poetry and fuzz
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  5. 8.0 |   The 405

    One of the year's most lush records
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  6. 8.0 |   Gig Soup

    A breath of fresh air. Whilst wearing their influences on their sleeves, La Luz have a clear identity and originality to their music
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  7. 7.5 |   Crack

    In Weirdo Shrine, they bend between sultry and lovelorn to defiant and angry, but they lose none of the charm of the genre in doing so
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  8. 7.1 |   Pitchfork

    The undercurrent of darkness in La Luz's music is what makes their work so fierce and intelligent
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  9. 7.0 |   All Music

    Weirdo Shrine shows La Luz are more than living up to the promise of their early work, and that they're still one of the most interesting and entertaining acts on the Pacific Northwest scene in 2015
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  10. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Weirdo Shrine is no real departure from the La Luz’s 2013 debut, It’s Alive, though Ty Segall behind the board this time around has the band delving deeper into the fabric of their sound
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  11. 7.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    With the help of garage god Ty Segall, La Luz created an album that is all about atmosphere
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  12. 6.3 |   Earbuddy

    Generally likable West-coast surf-rockers release a generally likable album
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  13. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    Will no doubt appeal to those who tend to favor the simpler, more relatable eras of popular music
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