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85
What's intriguing about Commune is just how intrinsic this collective form is: the band make you wait until everything's properly aligned and in its place.
11y
80
Listen long enough and this record will do strange things to your mind
11y
80
In contrast to the popular resurgence of psychedelically minded rock music right now, Goat are making true, sludged up psychedelia that seems to come from a new, specially cultivated brain-lobe.
11y
80
Compared to its predecessor, the production is snappier and helps lift the veil on their righteous noise. What lies beneath is frequently glorious, especially in the second half
11y
80
Boring is a word that does not come into Goat’s repertoire, and experimentation is the constant driving force.
11y
73
The ingenious part of Goat's act is that they've looped those artists' sounds back into drone-rock, expanding the range of tones and rhythms that most of the bands in Spacemen 3's wake have wielded at their disposal.
11y
70
It feels like the clearest expression yet of who they are, connected inexorably to the past, yet pointing towards a future in which music of all tribes and tongues is united.
11y
intrigant, mystique et pourtant irrépressiblement dansant, le deuxième album de Goat est une vraie pépite qui reste longtemps en tête.
"Mother, darksome and divine, thine the scourge and thine the kiss"
Amazing follow-up album harnessing similar themes and expanding upon them, maintaining the 70's inspirations. Some of this retreads old ground a little too closely, such as in "The Light Within" having the same riff as "Goatman" from the prior album, but I can also see it as a reference, and the song goes so hard that I hardly mind. Very much feels like a refining of their formula, this band ... read more
Hardly surprising that this Swedish collective would so name their second release, and maintain their pan-cultural approach. Here they seem to have widened even further their experimentation with an almost universal blend of distinct regional influences and instrumentation, and not always to the benefit of the overall feel of the album. If anything, the chanted vocals and fuzzy grooves here appear slightly more repetitive than on their debut. The listener has to await for the stratospheric ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Talk to God 6:39 | 79 |
| 2 | Words 3:06 | 62 |
| 3 | The Light Within 2:57 | 70 |
| 4 | To Travel the Path Unknown 2:29 | 69 |
| 5 | Goatchild 4:01 | 78 |
| 6 | Goatslaves 4:45 | 67 |
| 7 | Hide From the Sun 3:36 | 78 |
| 8 | Bondye 5:01 | 69 |
| 9 | Gathering of Ancient Tribes 6:18 | 84 |
Total Length: 38 minutes
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| #13 | / | Rough Trade |
| #23 | / | The Skinny |
| #36 | / | NME |
| #42 | / | Crack Magazine |
| #53 | / | Uncut |
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