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| 3.0 good | olisz | February 9th 24 |
I'm a bit torn on this one. There are some great tracks here which I may enjoy more or less depending on my mood, but the whole project itself I find somewhat inconsistent.
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| 4.0 excellent | Gene Gol CONTRIBUTOR | May 11th 22 |
Dan Bejar's Destroyer may be hit-or-miss for many, but it's indisputable that when he finds a style and sound he likes, he milks the guts out of it. This time he ventures into the grey zone between jumbled folktronica and dancy discotheque melancholy, both of which he'd already been exploring on previous albums, most notably on 'ken.' But more so than on that album, 'Labirinthitis' comes off as bold and fun-loving. It's an all around familiar-sounding, yet deeply unpredictable project.
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| 3.5 great | ajcollins15 | March 29th 22 |
Destroyer is one of my newfound favorite artists in one of my new favorite genres sophisti-pop. 2011?s ?Kaputt? was so revolutionary and explosive that it seems to be hard for Dan to fully get back to that. Well, the last few outings ?Ken? and ?Have We Met? see Dan and his band go more towards art pop, synthpop, and new wave. On ?LABRINTHITIS? we continue to see this exploration into synthpop and art pop, but with probably a smaller focus on the likes of indietronica and disco. Take ?Eat the Wine, Drink the Bread?, a groovy disco number with intricate indietronica synths and guitar work over some bombastic drums. Even take the more fun and shimmery ?It Takes a Thief? (all though the production here is pretty lopsided with the instruments being much hazier than the slap-stick style instruments). Overall, I think Destroyer is continuing to produce top-notch music, but I think they need to fully evolve into something new and inspiring. I think those ideas are present here, especially with the more chamber direction, but the production and overall execution could be better.
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| 3.5 great | Erwann S. STAFF | March 28th 22 |
Ofc it's lush, it's Destroyer! Balancing short upbeat tunes with longer, softer cuts, LABYRINTHITIS features some of the best Destroyer tunes in a decade, while still not managing to approach Kaputt's greatness.
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| 4.0 excellent | perival | June 25th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | hel9000 | December 29th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Runeii | December 29th 22 |
| 3.5 great | 2ool | November 23rd 22 |
| 3.5 great | Risodo | August 10th 22 |
| 3.5 great | ckssr1 | June 28th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | lurxy | June 22nd 22 |
| 3.0 good | Sowing STAFF | May 24th 22 |
| 2.5 average | bharry | April 25th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Corney | April 9th 22 |
| 2.5 average | fog CONTRIBUTOR | April 7th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | JoshieG | March 30th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | anat CONTRIBUTOR | March 29th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Zakusz | March 28th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oobaloo | March 28th 22 |
| 3.5 great | tom79 | March 27th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | DANcore | March 27th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | doofy | March 27th 22 |
| 3.5 great | eureka | March 26th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | iGuter | March 26th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Dmax28 | March 26th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Failure | March 26th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | djbytes | March 25th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Lucman | March 25th 22 |
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