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LOWER DENS - Nootropics

Name: LOWER DENS – Nootropics
Item: Nootropics
Rating: 4.5
Author: Lorenzo Righetto

2012 (Ribbon Music)

dream-pop

by Lorenzo Righetto

4.5

That substance was, all things considered, a fairly secondary ingredient for the new creature-band fronted by Jana Hunter was already evident on last album “Twin Hand Movement“. As if we needed further proof, the "eccentric" American confirms it on this “Nootropics”, a hazy product of flirtations with the most "arty" fringes of late-70s rock.

In a washed-out imitation of Victoria LeGrand, here revisited in a dark and "exotic" key, our artist cobbles together a sloppy ritual of shapeless songs – in some cases outright Chinese water torture, like “Alphabet Song”. Sure, there's cosmic music (“In The End Is The Beginning”, what a revolutionary concept!), there's motorik (“Stem”, “Brains”)… Enjoy this Apple-brand Nico.

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01/06/2012

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This article is an English translation of the original Italian text by Lorenzo Righetto, published on OndaRock.it. It was translated with the help of artificial intelligence, under the editorial responsibility of OndaRock's editor-in-chief, Claudio Fabretti.

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