Dawn of the Devi

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Dawn of the Devi
Sun City Girls - Dawn of the Devi.jpg
Studio album by
Sun City Girls
Released1991 (1991)
Genre Noise rock, experimental rock
Length34:07
Label Majora
Producer Sun City Girls
Sun City Girls chronology
Torch of the Mystics
(1990)		Dawn of the Devi
(1991)		 Bright Surroundings Dark Beginnings
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 8/10 [2]

Dawn of the Devi is the fifth studio album by American experimental rock band Sun City Girls, released in 1991 by Majora Records. [1] It was remastered and reissued in 2019. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote: "There are pieces that stay on an even keel throughout — 'The Court Magicians of Agartha' puts an avant twist on kroncong (an Indonesian form of tango music) — but, for the most part, the album’s hazy insularity (perfectly captured in a sleeve photo that pictures the trio, back to its audience, lost in the throes of an improv high) doesn’t kowtow to stylistic neatniks." [4] Paste wrote that the album "is evidence of three very close friends who have long since mastered the art of jamming on traditional rock tunes together and decided to use their mystical interpersonal connection to aim higher and deeper and weirder." [5] The Spin Alternative Record Guide praised the "hyperkinetic sonic disruption." [2]

Track listing

All music is composed by Sun City Girls.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."The Kissy Sting"7:40
2."The Court Magicians of Agartha"4:49
3."My Dinner With Rangda"2:27
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Cad Walleder"8:12
2."A Target Silhouette Punished Blameless"9:59

Personnel

Adapted from the Dawn of the Devi liner notes. [6]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States 1991Majora LP VPAG 5522

References

  1. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 841.
  2. 1 2 Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. p. 385.
  3. ↑ "Abduction Records announces first ever reissue of Dawn of the Devi a.k.a. THAT Sun City Girls record". Tiny Mix Tapes.
  4. ↑ Robbins, Ira; Sprague, David (2007). "Sun City Girls". Trouser Press . Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Record Time: New & Notable Vinyl Releases (October 2019)". pastemagazine.com. October 31, 2019.
  6. ↑ Dawn of the Devi (sleeve). Sun City Girls. Seattle, Washington: Majora Records. 1991.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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