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| Released | March 15, 2011 (2011-03-15) | |||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||
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| Length | 43:22 | |||
| Label | Thrill Jockey | |||
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Beyond the 4th Door is a 2011 studio album by Americanpsychedelic rock andspace rock bandEternal Tapestry. It has received positive reviews from critics.
Editors atAnyDecentMusic? rated this release 6.8 out of 10, aggregating 7 critic scores.[3] According to the review aggregatorMetacritic,Beyond the 4th Door received "generally favorable reviews" based on aweighted average score of 75 out of 100 from 6 critic scores.[4]
Editors atAllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Thom Jurek writing that much of this release "is unhurried, sonic meandering with a single pointed focus: to alter the listener's consciousness", drawing onKrautrock,Popol Vuh,Ash Ra Tempel,Cluster, andNeu!, featuring the band "at their most focused".[1] Robert Ferguson ofDrowned in Sound scored this release an 8 out of 10, stating that "this record couldn't actually be any more psychedelic if it had a picture of a stoned wizard on the front cover", made of "a kind of darkly ambient series of guitar riffs, the weight of which is quite incredible for a selection of songs which never really seek to propel themselves towards a peak, or use quiet/loud-style tension building devices".[5]Beyond the 4th Door garnered 4 out of 5 stars inMojo, where it was called "a further refinement of their liquid improv vibe [that] finds the quintet sitting on a mountain looking at the sun, high on Popol Vuh and who knows what else".[6] Editors atPitchfork scored this release 7.3 out of 10 and critic Grayson Haver Currin praised the band for finding new cohesion with an expanded line-up after their several independent releases, resulting in a release that "moves in well-designed waves, never exhausting all its intrigue and energy at any given time".[7] Peter Watts ofUncut gave this album 4 out of 5 stars, characterizing it as "fine brooding spacerock", noting the courage of building up the songs so deliberately "with baby steps, notes tested for strength then played long, low and loud".[2]
Bonus track on some editions
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