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Magic Hour (Luscious Jackson album)

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31: 914: 293:, Eric Davidson stated that there are minor complaints such as how "there are few odd turns or possibly embarrassing (daring?) missteps here that might’ve added some urgent energy and help create a little more discussion around this comeback" and stated that the band's genre blending and musicianship "work together perfectly, still and always, apparently". Ann Powers of 307:
scored this release 5.6 out of 10 and critic Douglas Wolk characterized it as "just a return to very familiar territory without the urgency and mystery of Luscious Jackson's 90s-era music" that he considers not being an obvious cash-grab and sounding like it was fun for the musicians to make. Writing
314:, Sean McCarthy rated this release a 6 out of 10, stating that it "goes easy on the ears" and the musicianship is high quality but criticized the songwriting stating that "almost all of the songs feel like they’re taking place within the confines of a dance floor". In 324:
received 4 out of 5 stars and Kris Needs wrote that it was good to have the band back, as "Luscious Jackson return as a welcome blast of old school New York grit, happily still brandishing their smouldering, idiosyncratic magic". Will Hermes of
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gave this work 3.5 out of 4 stars, writing that "on this tight, 10-song reunion... vocals still waver charmingly off-key, grooves still conjure a Nineties Lower East Side rent party" and he welcomed the band back to recording.
269:, Chris Mincher gave this album a C– and praised the band for avoiding the temptation to sound too modern, but stating that the resulting work is "relatively simple, at times almost amateurish". Editors at 297:
stated that "the group gives instructions in fun, love, loyalty and self-appreciation with ten songs that go down as easy as drummer Kate Schellenbach's backbeats" on this release and is "timeless" music.
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stated that it "doesn't discourage nostalgia for an era of teasing, non-bombastic dance music ut it doesn't depend entirely on nostalgia either: there's always another catchy refrain on the way".
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presented it to me and we were like, β€˜Wow, this is a whole new world, So we decided to regroup the band and make new music.”
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Gabriele Corcos β€“ percussion on "You and Me", "Love Is Alive", and "3 Seconds to Cross"
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writing that "the lower budget can't help but bring to mind the group's
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Piper Gregoire β€“ "are we just dancing" vocal on "Frequency"
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beginnings" and the music also "recall the noir funk of 1992's
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Pushbuttons! Studios, Los Angeles, California, US (drums)
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Gabrielle Glaser β€“ guitar, keyboards, vocals, production
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Streetwise Lullabies, New York City, New York, US
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Studio album
Luscious Jackson
Genre
Alternative rock
Label
Producer
Adam Horovitz
Luscious Jackson
Greatest Hits
Baby DJ
PledgeMusic
Jill Cunniff
crowdfunding
alternative rock
Luscious Jackson
PledgeMusic
Metacritic
weighted average
The A. V. Club
AllMusic
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
lo-fi
In Search of Manny
CMJ New Music Report
NPR
Pitchfork
PopMatters
Record Collector
Rolling Stone

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