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80
Mordechai offers a rich, meditative escape from the world, something more welcomed than ever in the current climate.
80
If you’re a long time Khruangbin fan, you’ll be engrossed by the vexing variations on a theme. If you’re new to the Khruangbin game, you’ve entered at an intriguing interlude. Stay a while. It’s nice.
80
Intensely relaxing, wonderfully addictive, and ultra-mellow, ‘Moredechai’ is this summer’s sunset record.
80
Khruangbin's music can still work as an ebullient, sun-baked soundtrack to daily activities, social gatherings, or cross-country road trips, but their songs have gotten more expressive and soul-searching, and Mordechai rewards closer listening more than any of their previous recordings.
80
Mordechai finds Khruangbin coming into their own, thanks to the band’s lyrical development and the honing of their fusion of intercontinental influences.
80
Khruangbin have always made music that rewards close listening. With the vocal hooks and dancing boots of Mordechai, they’re making it easier than ever for us to love them.
80
Musically, Khruangbin maintain their unwavering ability to weave a tapestry of diverse styles and sounds into their musical output.
78
Mordechai literally expands Khruangbin’s vocabulary, while the group’s eclectic whirl continues to soar through a soulful stratosphere. First class, all the way.
74
Mordechai is still very much a psychedelic vista of an album, but the difference is all with the vocals.
60
Mordechai is exactly what Khruangbin should have made at this point in their career. At its best, it’s a balm for the soul; at its worst, it’s background noise.
60
Even for an instrumental album, the sheer inoffensiveness of the music leaves you feeling adrift.
58
On their third album, the dubby band’s feel for a groove remains intact, but they often render vibrant sounds from all over the world as impeccably stylish mood music.
30
Mordechai is far from the upper tiers of vibe music.
Mordechai is the embodiment of chill. The album is vibrant and stylish genre-bending music. The music of Khruangbin isn't particularly deep, but it's good and that's all that matters.
this album goes a little too far into subdued trance-y psych music for me, leaving a lot of the songs feeling like they just blend together. still, it’s a really great vibe
this album feels boring and flat, not much to grab the listener's attention and keep them entertained.
maybe I would enjoy the album more if I was feeling a specific mood, but I'm not going to do all that.
Why is this YELLOW?!
First Class - 7.5
Time (You and I) - 8
Connaissais de Face - 7.5
Father Bird, Mother Bird - 8.5
If There is No Question - 7.5
Pelota - 7
One to Remember - 7
Dearest Alfred - 7.5
So We Won't Forget - 8
Shida - 8
Favorites: Father Bird, Mother Bird, So We Won't Forget
Least Favorites: Pelota, One to Remember
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Track List
| 1 | First Class 4:46 | 69 |
| 2 | Time (You and I) 5:42 | 71 |
| 3 | Connaissais de Face 4:20 | 61 |
| 4 | Father Bird, Mother Bird 3:05 | 65 |
| 5 | If There is No Question 5:53 | 74 |
| 6 | Pelota 2:47 | 75 |
| 7 | One to Remember 4:30 | 63 |
| 8 | Dearest Alfred 3:58 | 72 |
| 9 | So We Won't Forget 4:58 | 74 |
| 10 | Shida 3:54 | 70 |
Total Length: 43 minutes
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| #19 | / | Passion of the Weiss |
| #24 | / | Les Inrocks |
| #24 | / | SPIN |
| #24 | / | The FADER |
| #26 | / | MOJO |
| #30 | / | NME |
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2y
everyone's getting ate up about pitchfork then antwon fantwon comes into the room...
still wanna hear it tho obviously
still wanna hear it tho obviously
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Added on: April 27, 2020