| Open the Gates | ||||
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| Released | November 12, 2021 | |||
| Recorded | January 5, 2021 | |||
| Studio | Rittenhouse Soundworks (Philadelphia) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 1:13:40 | |||
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| Producer | Irreversible Entanglements | |||
| Irreversible Entanglements chronology | ||||
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Open the Gates is the third record by free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements. It was released through Don Giovanni Records and International Anthem in November 2021. [1]
Musically, Open the Gates sees the quintet merge their free jazz roots with "mutant" funk and "angular" post-punk. [2] [3]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 86/100 [4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| All About Jazz |   [5] |
| AllMusic | [2] |
| Loud and Quiet | 6/10 [6] |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10 [3] |
Open the Gates was acclaimed by music critics. On Metacritic, it holds a score of 86 out of 100, indicating "universal acclaim", based on five reviews. [4]
Dustin Krcatovich for The Quietus called it "righteous music", seeing it as "an exciting dilation of [the quintet's] sonic universe". [7]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Open the Gates" | 2:39 |
| 2. | "Keys to Creation" | 13:41 |
| 3. | "Lágrimas Del Mar" | 8:03 |
| 4. | "Storm Came Twice" | 7:20 |
| 5. | "Water Meditation" | 20:39 |
| 6. | "Six Sounds" | 10:30 |
| 7. | "The Port Remembers" | 10:48 |
| Total length: | 1:13:40 | |
Credits adapted from Bandcamp. [1]
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