Cunningham’s Fisher-Price pianos and decrepit drums are unmistakable, as is Ciani’s Buchla, which whooshes and rattles like a steam engine barreling down the tracks.
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Andrew Ryce,
Pitchfork,
9 Apr. 2026
Most people initially become aware of the reptiles by hearing their rattles, which the snakes use to try to scare off aggressors or to distract prey.
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Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2026
The jingles and sounders used to identify CBS News network programming heard on the stations for decades have also been part of the listening experience.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
Embedded in its arpeggiated pads, chimes, and windswept atmospherics is the same chillmaxed peak-time rhapsody favored by peers like Nick León and Facta, whose ever-consistent imprint with K-Lone, Wisdom Teeth, released this track.
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Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
15 Apr. 2026
The heart is painted to look like a globe, and the chimes can play melodies from different countries.
Periodically a mandolin tinkles, or maybe a fiddle swoops in as if from a low-hanging cloud.
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Theater Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Feb. 2026
Roberts doesn’t offer much empathy for the poor, diseased critter other than a pause when Ben momentarily ponders his reflection in a pool as Adrian Johnston’s eerie synth-piano score tinkles.
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