"The follow-up to last year's Konoyo-recorded, like its predecessor, with a Japanese gagaku ensemble-functions as a counterbalance to that album: a kind of photo negative, more subdued but no less overwhelming ... On the six tracks and 35 minutes that make up Anoyo there is no purpose but to explore the shadows in which Hecker and his collaborators have blanketed themselves. Because they know what those life hackers do not: If you're going to reach for the sublime, it's going to take some work."