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gave the album a positive review, writing that it's "unlike anything else out in music right now. It's risky and at times, clumsy, but overall, effective. The record is fun and isn't afraid to be weird - it's evident Jones was passionate about the project and that it wasn't just a second thought.
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is impressive in the size and scope of its ambition, but that size overwhelms any kind of narrative coherence". He continued by stating that the album is "a disorienting, manic, ambitious psychedelic statement filled with constant twists and turns, and this is both its biggest strength and most
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