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Generally favorable reviews- based on 20 Ratings
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Positive: 14 out of 20
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Mixed: 4 out of 20
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Negative: 2 out of 20
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May 3, 2015Fantasy Empire presents an entertaining sound, but the repetitiveness of the songwriting makes it a listen that gets old much faster than its presentation deserves.
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Apr 4, 2015If you like really loud guitars and dissonance, this album is for you. If you don't, listen to Kendrick Lamar or Sufjan Stevens or Courtney Barnett, and thank to good Lord that you can delete this album after listening to it for 10 minutes on Spotify.
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Jun 22, 2022It's ok but again this feels way too tame for a band like Lightning Bolt, which is disappointing to say the least.
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The WireMay 15, 2015Fantasy Empire stands out from run of the mill noise rock because it captures not only the ferocity of the playing, but also the fecundity of sharp and serious ideas that lesser acts cannot match. [Apr 2015, p.58]
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Apr 14, 2015Fantasy Empire’s production values keep some of this internal resistance in check, and the album’s relatively linear songwriting does the rest, with much of the record proceeding at a pretty steady gallop, without too many wrinkles or games of musical tug of war.
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Apr 3, 2015Fantasy Empire, with its discernible riffs, moments of relative calm--and even, dare it be said, choruses--is the best entry point for anyone curious about a powerhouse which has, up to this point at least, operated on the blustery, splattered neon fringes of noise rock.