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    Cain MacWitish favorited and reviewed Animals

    Animals coalesces into one long under-radar flight. The jazzy keyboard sounds of Giant Hairy Super Monster, the whooshing electronic film of Hypnotized, the jumpy arpeggios of the title track all of... more

    Animals coalesces into one long under-radar flight. The jazzy keyboard sounds of Giant Hairy Super Monster, the whooshing electronic film of Hypnotized, the jumpy arpeggios of the title track all of these are well-executed gestures. On the 2nd disc, Minilogue take the disembodied tones that float through their work and spread them over long beatless passages; macro photographs of the bass-bass-skitter of the first disc. Repeated notes or the occasional muffled kick-snap offer some measure of timekeeping. It's alien territory, but it sounds neither lazy nor disconnected: Old Water is a meditative prayer; Swamp Op makes eyes at cabin fever as a rusty guitar leaks notes; "Even the Wind Seemed in Deep Sleep" ends gorgeously, with falling rain and subterranean tones. The occasional clipped dialogue gives the record a sci-fi feel, like Boards of Canada or music from the Ghost Box label.

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