Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age pasture of incidental tones and half-ripped photographs". "BBC Music Review" reviewed the album favorably, stating, ""Witch Cults of the Radio Age" is laced with enough wonder and intrigue to keep you coming back. It doesn't make perfect sense, but the sense of mystery is a key in itself". "Drowned in Sound" called the album "chaotic, overstimulating, like opening a dusty wardrobe and having an entire childhood tumble down on your head". "Pitchfork" critiqued the album as "predictable" and said that the collaboration between Broadcast and the Focus Group was like "trying to cast their spells at the same time: Some
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