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80

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  • Summary: The fourth full-length release for the Texas dream pop trio began as part of a live performance for a San Antonio planetarium.
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
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  1. Dec 17, 2019
    89
    Arising from largely improvised performances that accompanied a cosmic expedition at San Antonio's Scobee Planetarium, The Spiral Arm ranks not as the Austin ambient trio's spaciest effort – that's 2016 debut Original Soundtrack – but as their most beautiful.
  2. Mojo
    Dec 17, 2019
    80
    A delectably warm sonic pool that invites frequent plunges. [Feb 2020, p.91]
  3. Uncut
    Dec 17, 2019
    80
    Though still meditative, they're now more dynamic. [Jan 2020, p.24]
  4. Q Magazine
    Dec 17, 2019
    60
    Tremendous fun while it lasts, but hard to recall once the tracer lines have faded away. [Feb 2020, p.110]