runs awry." NME critic Louis Pattison described the record as "one with the confidence to reject tired old models and build its own future logic," further stating the result to be "mysterious, spiritual, and funky as shit." Craig Jenkins of Pitchfork wrote: "The soul of Shabazz Palaces is pairing next-gen sounds with classic brass-tacks show-and-prove emceeing, and Lese Majesty tugs those extremes as far as they've ever been pulled; that it never shows signs of wear speaks to the strength of the bond." Writing for Rolling Stone, Will Hermes remarked that "Butler's dazzling feel for 21st-century psychedelia pushes this [record] well past nostalgia tripping – and while the verbal abstraction gets thick, there's serious pleasure in plumbing it." Spins Anupa Mistry regarded the album as "more sonically relaxed and triumphant" than the group's past two records and stated: "In mirroring and transcending the schizoid, rootless form of digital society, it’s an attempt to help people cope with the culture." Speaking on the live premiere of the album at Seattle's Pacific Science Center Laser Dome, The Stranger critic Mike Force wrote: "There was no need for drugs, or even the dazzling light show, since the music's fathoms-deep dubscapes and strategically predatory beats equaled the angular and smoky psychedelic visuals—each track already dazzled by a universe of deep-space stars, clouds of galactic gases, and the bright trails of wandering balls of ice." Year-end lists Track listing Personnel Album personnel as adapted from liner notes: Shabazz Palaces – performer, producer Knife Knights – mixing Nep Sidhu – art direction Todd Westendorp – artwork Charts References External links Sub Pop albums 2014 albums Shabazz Palaces albums