https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2019/09/04/757061284/vikings-choice-psychedelic-cumbia-string-drone-afghan-noise
Bandcamp Best Experimental Albums of 2019
“Avant-garde fire, sonic abstraction, soaring post-rock cinematics and even doom metal…”
https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-of-2019/the-best-experimental-albums-of-2019
Pitchfork Best Experimental Albums 2019
“the duo’s music becomes a statement about how genre can be an obstacle to truth. Their solution is to throw off those shackles, diving into their music with the urgency and abandon that revolution requires.”
https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-experimental-albums-2019/
Rolling Stone Best Jazz Albums of 2019
“And on a stark and riveting album by Blacks’ Myths, bassist Luke Stewart and drummer Warren “Trae” Crudup III distilled free improv and noisy blurt à la Lightning Bolt into volatile sound masses, interspersed with harrowing protest poetry.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/2019-jazz-albums-923949/
Spin Magazine Review
“Only after the old world is wiped out, Blacks’ Myths II seems to suggest, might a blacker and more beautiful new one be forged in its wake.”
https://www.spin.com/2019/10/mica-levi-interview-monos-left-field/
Bandcamp Best Experimental Music on Bandcamp
https://daily.bandcamp.com/best-experimental/best-experimental-music-on-bandcamp-september-2019#more-109734
Washington Post Live Review
“In the heart of an ‘empire in decline,’ Blacks’ Myths try to spark another big bang…”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/in-the-heart-of-an-empire-in-decline-blacks-myths-try-to-spark-another-big-bang/2019/09/05/8da39532-cfec-11e9-8c1c-7c8ee785b855_story.html
Pitchfork 8.0 Review
“On a thrilling slab of punk-jazz noise, the D.C. duo argues for the centrality of black American culture in the fight for the nation’s soul.”