King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard SKETCHES OF BRUN(LP) 08/25/2014

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the horn charts that accent rather than dominate

Welcome to Paradise 7

BLOOD BANK benefits from its relatively short playing time: its four songs are so fully realized that they stand best alone

twisting in the water

and the title track is sumptuous dream pop that closes the album on a blissful note of peaceful psych

There's no emo

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once the subtle-yet-undeniable refrains of such tracks as "Crab

a combination that gives the album a strong infrastructure -- Petty strips his songs to the bone

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