Gogol Bordello 'Pura Vida Conspiracy' Review Roundup: Critics Can't Get Enough Of Gypsy Punks

Well, this is...surprising. The hard-charging, relentlessly touring, insanely LOUD gypsy punkers in Gogol Bordello have put out a new album called Pura Vida Conspiracy. And critics of all stripes seem to enjoy it.

Pop Matters:

Gypsy folk punk may be too idiosyncratic to ever be mainstream. That said, if there ever was a Gogol Bordello album that deserves to launch them onto American radio waves, it's Pura Vida Conspiracy. 

Alternative Press:

The result is Gogol Bordello's best album in their 14-year career. 

All Music Guide:

With their ever-expanding arsenal of masterfully crafted musical traditions, they prove once more to refuse to be anything less than what they are: one of the most explorative and inexhaustibly creative bands on the planet. 

NME:

They expound spiritual philosophies ("I am a hieroglyph of love!"), grasp the rural jig-folk baton from Mumford & Sons and, post-Beirut, remind everyone it's supposed to be fun. 

Of course, this can't go on forever. This Toy Story 3 needs its Armond White, someone had to rain on the parade.

Enter LA Times:

"Pure Vida," though, overwhelms as often as it inspires. Like a boisterous, long-winded guest taking over a dinner party...The more one communicates with all-cap enthusiasm, THE LESS PALATABLE the message can become. (Unless you're Andrew W.K.)