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Apr 3, 2026A pretty perfect soundtrack to the never-ending battle against conformity, complacency and chords. .... There's a ferocity and alienness to the complexity. While Angine de Poitrine are certainly not alone in their explorations of microtonality, experimentation and funk, the music is nevertheless demanding in a way that other popular contemporary sounds are not.
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Apr 10, 2026If there’s any grievance worth mentioning, it’s that they’re probably capable of going even deeper with this sound, but for now, they’ve tapped into something special here, revealing themselves as masters of balancing unconventional songwriting with accessibility.
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Apr 3, 2026Never before has technical mastery felt so fun. As carefully constructed as each track is, there isn’t a single moment that feels cold or calculated.
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Apr 24, 2026It might take a few listens or views to wrap one's head around what Angine de Poitrine are doing, but their music is actually a lot more accessible than it may seem at first, and their second effort is an incredibly fun record.
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Apr 16, 2026Throughout the album, the duo’s sound stretches and bends like pliable dough, somewhat unmoored from any solid foundations, subject to abrupt and unexpected – yet still cohesive – contortions with little advance warning.
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Apr 3, 2026With an expansive tone that ‘Vol. I’ lacks, this is an addictive, clever, and primal magnum opus that refuses tropes and easy predictions, going far beyond the niche of fiddly psychedelia Angine De Poitrine’s viral following came from.
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Apr 3, 2026All but one of the mesmerizing puzzles on Vol. II strut across the six-minute mark, and the songs never lose steam because they contain so many variations and plot twists.
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May 12, 2026The band's angular, primal force results in an incredibly unique sound, and despite its strange, freaky overtones, the music is genuinely so much fun that you can't help but dance along.
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UncutApr 24, 2026They're every bit as gleeful as they are virtuosic. [Jun 2026, p.26]