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Classic Rock MagazineNov 13, 2024Refreshing, so refreshing - like a glass of ice water on a hot summer's day. [Dec 2024, p.72]
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Nov 12, 2024Flow Critical Lucidity may not supersede his past career peaks. However, it reveals the unbounded possibilities of transformation available to an indispensable musician who has long been committed to his craft. Thurston Moore isn’t finished.
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MojoSep 23, 2024Flow Critical Lucidity – the best record Moore has been involved in since Sonic Youth’s The Eternal, 15 years ago now – feels as close as he’s come to something new. [Nov 2024, p.86]
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UncutSep 23, 2024Thurston Moore’s ninth solo album might begin with a weirdly angular nursery rhyme set to sparse plucked strings but he’s soon bending his guitar into all sorts of freaky shapes on an album that stands among his best solo works. [Oct 2024, p.37]
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Sep 23, 2024By the time the finer details of closing track "The Diver" sink in (subsonic noise synth frequencies, muted and hypnotic drums, underwater guitar harmonics, and controlled muttering vocals), it's time to play the entire record over again and sit for another cycle in the beautiful, otherworldly loneliness it creates.
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Sep 23, 2024The whole record feels hauled from a dream space where you’re laid on your back letting the sky sink down to you. It’s ‘Shadow of a Doubt’ the album.
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Sep 23, 2024For the most part, although the record is not without its weaker moments, ‘Flow Critical Lucidity’ is a good reflection of Moore’s rare experience. A deep, if relatively short, listen which will reward repeat plays.