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The closer and title track serve as a belated mission statement, at once tonally busy and capaciously arranged, as if to make the frequency spectrum itself a character in the songs.
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 12 June 2026
Blocking often consists of just walking from one side of the set to the other, then acting as if their feet are glued to that spot.
—Charles Lewis Iii, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
Many of my fellow viewers enthusiastically embraced the role of wrestling fans and behaved as if at a WWE match, audibly pumping up the hero and booing her opponents.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
Nearby, a former Korean Air vessel’s nose cone had been removed clean, as if seared off with a hot knife.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
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Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 12 June 2026
Blocking often consists of just walking from one side of the set to the other, then acting as if their feet are glued to that spot.
—Charles Lewis Iii, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
Many of my fellow viewers enthusiastically embraced the role of wrestling fans and behaved as if at a WWE match, audibly pumping up the hero and booing her opponents.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
Nearby, a former Korean Air vessel’s nose cone had been removed clean, as if seared off with a hot knife.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
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“As if.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/as%20if. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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