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"Hang" is the fourth studio album by American experimental rock duo Foxygen, released on January 20, 2017 on Jagjaguwar.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the album received an average score of 76, based on 24 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
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Hang is composed of clean, airy, carefully arranged symphonic pop, all recorded with the aid of a 40-plus-piece orchestra. This venture into polished non-rock styles robs Foxygen of some of their spontaneity. Rado's guitar work is marginalized throughout, at least until the closing “Rise,” on which surging bursts of distortion finally poke through the mix on the dramatic coda. Otherwise, Hang's musical dynamics are defined by experiments within the band's new orchestral palette, like the surprisingly successful combination of honky-tonk piano and jazzy brass on the strutting “Avalon.”
Tension may not be the defining characteristic of Foxygen's sound this time around, but it's still there, bubbling up furiously beneath the sparkling surface.
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