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One of Morphine’s best albums, if not the best.

The cumulative effect is the most psychedelic record I’ve heard in ages.

The production on the album is top-notch, the instruments sound crisp and clean.

Clever arrangements and whip smart lyrics that project a subtle feeling of optimism make for a very enjoyable listen.

Ends up sounding like someone has spent way too much time locked up in their bedroom with a couple of analog synths.

Wonderful CD, looking forward to more, and to getting the rest of this band’s back catalog.

Cat Power used to be one of those bands that I lumped in with “all the rest of the indie crap that’s not drone.”

All in all, a pleasant-sounding enough EP, but nothing that will probably blow your socks off.

Five Style’s musical hyperactivity makes for an interesting, albeit exhausting listen.

It’s just a waste of talent when the extraordinary is ruined by the preposterous.

It just doesn’t sound that good. Not in any sort of big dose anyway.

An attempt to bridge the gap between Mark Van Hoen’s harsh earlier work and his most song-oriented material.

This is one dirty album, and wonderfully so at that.

Somehow the recording of the concert has become a classic anyway.

Fans of a slower, instrumental Slowdive, or any floaty, droney should probably check this out.

It’s pretty obvious what kind of sound they’re going for, and it’s not a bad sound.

Trembling Blue Stars becomes a band for every broken heart simply because Wratten will sing everything we would (or could) never say.

This incredibly promising debut is guaranteed to appeal to fans of both the early 4AD and Projekt sounds.

A grand musical road trip that, as meandering as it is sometimes, always promises a surprise around the next bend.

Riddim Warfare features several MCs that freshen up what’s already a texturally diverse, rhythmically complex album.