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- Record Label: A Recordings
- Release Date: Oct 28, 2016
- Summary: The 15th full-length release for the San Francisco psychedelic rock band led by Anton Newcombe was recorded in Berlin and features a guest appearance from Serena-Maneesh's Emil Nikolaisen.
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- Record Label: A Recordings
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
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MagnetDec 15, 2016Third World Pyramid, like its recent predecessors, is yet another gorgeous, quasi-psychedelic slice of the band's kaleidoscope-eyes popcraft. [No. 138, p.53]
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MojoOct 28, 2016In their hands, [a cover of Nina Simone's Assignment Song is] a hypnotic wonderwall of sound. [Dec 2016, p.89]
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Oct 31, 2016In the end, Third World Pyramid is another rewarding listen for Brian Jonestown Massacre fans. It sums up various eras into a cohesive unit, but it also optimistically looks forward.
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Oct 28, 2016The moody astral tones of opener "Good Mourning" get the album off to a slow start, but in general there are plenty of standouts scattered throughout Third World Pyramid that could stand up to BJM's best work.
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Dec 20, 2016The result is the band’s most concise effort since Strung Out In Heaven.
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Q MagazineOct 28, 2016A variable trip. [Dec 2016, p.105]
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Dec 2, 2016Nine-minute meanders and sub-standard I Am The Walrus clones aside, Third World Pyramid furthers and spreads out the BJM sound.
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