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While everything is kept at a smoulder--the words unclear, the tempos slow--this new Om album is anything but boring.
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UncutThe religious theme intimated by the title ensures that there is more going on with each track than mere mindless dirge. [Nov 2009, p.99]
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No matter the new producer (Steve Albini), new label, or new percussionist (Emil Amos replacing Chris Hakius), Om's droning bass/drum take on heavy metal still resounds.
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God is Good shows a clear effort to steer their boat past the Nile, past Yemen, and into new territory.
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If more church music sounded like what Cisneros, Amos, and Albini achieve on God Is Good, then maybe those pews would be a little fuller, too.
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God is Good is a more confused creation, more like two EPs than a concerted record.
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In general, the album is sequenced awkwardly. The first two tracks have vocals and are around 19 and seven minutes long, respectively.
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While Om is seeking some sort of transcendence through music, God is Good takes far too long to get started, rendering the second half too little too late.
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