“America is both Dan Deacon's most expansive album and his most inward-looking. The first half's an attempt to extend his range as a songwriter beyond human freak-out. The second half's four linked pieces add up to his most intricate, involving piece to date.”
“On his latest effort, Dan Deacon starts fleshing his heavily electronic and classically influenced compositions with some top-notch orchestral instrumentation.”
“University-trained Baltimore composer Dan Deacon makes busy, bombastic electro-classical clatter. He’s the EDM Aaron Copland, piling on marimbas, strings, blips, bonks, live percussion and operatic vocals on pieces like this LP’s four-part suite, "USA." Yet the most enjoyable bits here are the least grandiose, like the zippy, pastoral "True Thrush." Listen to "True Thrush":”
