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  • Summary: This is the fourth full-length release for the duo of Giorgis Xylouris and Jim White.
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  • Record Label: Drag City
  • Genre(s): Experimental, Pop/Rock, International, International Fusion, Cretan, International Folk, Mediterranean Traditions
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. The Wire
    Nov 20, 2019
    80
    The Sisypheans is a work of personal reinvention that succeeds in open-armed, accessible fashion. [Dec 2019, p.56]
  2. Nov 11, 2019
    80
    In revisiting the traditional directly, and investing it with such a disciplined application of freedom, Xylouris White's The Sisypheans is their most compelling record to date.
  3. Mojo
    Nov 11, 2019
    80
    The Sisypheans is measured and reflective. [Dec 2019, p.91]
  4. Nov 11, 2019
    60
    While this different feel to the album leaves some of the pacing feeling a little repetitive, there is no doubt that the talent shines through.
  5. Uncut
    Nov 11, 2019
    60
    Their fourth LP together sees them ditch the punky uptempo tracks and instead wallow in mournful, funereal meditations that don't leave White with much to do. [Dec 2019, p.35]