Music for the Long Emergency

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AlbumFeb 16 / 20187 songs, 38m 6s
Art Pop Chamber Pop
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5.2 / 10

The Minneapolis synth-pop band teams up with a Berlin-based orchestra in an attempt to reckon with the trials of our time.

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Car Seat Headrest reimagines 2011’s fiery Twin Fantasy with a bigger budget, while Poliça and Stargaze turn in the stirring Music For The Long Emergency, and Brandi Carlile finds strength in forgiveness on the lovely, languid By The Way, I Forgive You. These, plus Superchunk, Ought, and more in this week’s notable…

8 / 10

Music for the Long Emergency perfectly encapsulates the confusion and anxiety haemorrhaging from our society on both a personal and political level.

Poliça are suddenly sounding much more languid than we’ve heard them before.

POLIÇA and s t a r g a z e’s collaborative album Music For The Long Emergency has some interesting elements but is ultimately underwhelming.

7.5 / 10

"How is this happening?/How is this happening?/I can't breathe/I can't see," sings POLIÇA vocalist Channy Leaneagh on "How Is This Happening," the 10-minute-long lead single off the Minneapolis-based band's collaboration with s t a r g a z e.

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'Music For The Long Emergency' is the collaborative album from Minneapolis quintet Poliça and the Berlin chamber orchestra s t a r g a z e - it's a union that flourishes.

6 / 10

Gentle pizzicato strings pluck at the far ends of the stereo field.

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Poliça and s t a r g a z e encapsulate what it means to be human in times of global distress.

Album Reviews: Poliça and s t a r g a z e - Music For The Long Emergency

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Polica / s t a r g a z e - Music For The Long Emergency review: The orchestrated triumph of a seemingly impossible union

European orchestral collective Stargaze arrived in the US on November 9 last year to continue work on a cross-Atlantic collaboration with Minneapolis band Poliça.