Mystic Familiar

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AlbumJan 31 / 202017 songs, 1h 8m
Neo-Psychedelia Indietronica
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Dan Deacon’s most emotionally open record and his most transcendent, Mystic Familiar is the result of obsessive work, play, and self-discovery. The album’s 11 kaleidoscopic tracks of majestic synth-pop expand his sound with unfettered imagination and newfound vulnerability.

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On the Baltimore musician’s first album in five years, he finds inspiration in his daily meditation practice, but his songwriting sounds as antic as ever.

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The title of Deacon's new album refers to a supernatural being that we carry within ourselves, the 11 songs here formed of conversations with the inner self

Like the real world, but better.

Mystic Familiar is a glorious, pop-minded return from Dan Deacon.

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In the years since 2015's majestic Gliss Riffer, between scoring multiple film projects and working on his own videogame, art-rave wizard Da...

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Mystic Familiar, Dan Deacon's first new album since 2015's Gliss Riffer, is far and away his most personal work yet. A single cursory listen reveals several surprising new elements at play.

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‘Mystic Familiar’ is the fifth album from experimental indie-pop champion Dan Deacon. The Baltimore native let five years pass between his

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Settle in for a a new frontier in the Dan Deacon oeuvre with the Baltimore experimentalist singing about aging, loss and doubt.

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Dan Deacon excels at direction, both artistic and verbal.

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Album Reviews: Dan Deacon - Mystic Familiar

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