Hexadic

Hexadic is a dramatic shift for Six Organs of Admittance, lurching into noise and abstraction with hardly a nod to guitar folk or psychedelic rock.

The constantly-disruptive feel of Hexadic makes it perhaps the most consistent Six Organs albums to date.

Hexadic is louder and more gnarly than anything else he's done under this moniker.

Hexadic is most certainly a challenging and confusing album and one that can, at times, be a struggle to listen to. It is worth persevering however, for there are flashes of brilliance to be found in the constant battle between control and abandon.

Albums such as this one will often be defined as ‘difficult,’ and the love of its content will derive more from muso appreciation than genuine affection. Six Organs of Admittance have sidestepped this by crafting a piece of work that diefies categorisation: it feels mathematically precise, painstakingly composed, entirely freeform and joyfully performed.

Hexadic blurs limes between melodic theory and personal spiritual working, presenting an alchemy of number as a system of creative liberation. [Feb 2015, p.52]

[The Hexadic System] sounds complicated, but primarily this is a guitar record. [Mar 2015, p.81]

Hexadic works best when Chasny dials down the guitar squall and channels his energies towards more nuanced fare.

Six Organs of Admittance has rightly earned a reputation for innovation, but with Hexadic, Chasny risks straying too far from the realm of palatable sound.

Nothing here is ever structurally predictable, nor is it all cacophonous. [Mar 2014, p.98]

Ultimately, Hexadic is more compelling as a concept than a piece of music, and few folks are likely to follow Chasny deep into the record's blistering hot core more than a couple times.

Full marks for originality, then, but it's definitely something you have to be in the mood for. [Mar 2015, p.116]

Hexadisc is, for the most part, a difficult listen that doesn’t really seem particularly groundbreaking.

For whatever faults lie within the grooves of Hexadic, the cards were at least interestingly dealt.

Hexadic too often misses the point by honing in on formlessness and esoteric explanations instead of solid consistency. [No. 117, p.61]