This is a truly brilliant record.  Full text...

The Sun Awakens is the record he's been promising. Where School of the Flower was a leap, placing his singing and guitar playing in equal measure -- though there were numerous instrumental pieces -- The Sun Awakens is the place they burst forth, fully entwined, completely formed.  Full text...

On his eighth Six Organs of Admittance outing, Ben Chasny's burrowed deeper into the eerie psych bog, creating The Sun Awakens, his most foreboding album to date.  Full text...

After the initial listen, The Sun Awakens will never sound the same. The moods shift, the sounds transform, and the meanings change.   Full text...

Six Organs Of Admittance records appear to come shrouded in so much arcane symbolism that they make The Da Vinci Code look like a quick crossword.  Full text...

The Sun Awakens contains some of Chasny’s best work as he continues to explore new possibilities without straying too far from his folk roots.  Full text...

Every shift fits well within the scheme of the album, and even in its most chaotic moments, finds a harmonic center.   Full text...

Last year's School Of The Flower was a successful synthesis of sounds and styles that Chasny had already explored. The Sun Awakens takes the same approach, but with even better results.   Full text...

The Sun Awakens is home to a handful of luxuriously impressionistic songs. In full, it's a crankily unpredictable experience, which is compacted when one considers the maker's talent level.  Full text...

The Sun Awakens one of the best albums of the year so far, and then slip in at the end of the review what also makes it among the worst?   Full text...