Mystic Familiar

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AlbumJan 31 / 202017 songs, 1h 8m98%
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 marks Dan Deacon's return to making majestically arranged synth pop, after several years spent concentrating on film scores and his long-term involvement with the contemporary classical world.

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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