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| 3.5 great | zaruyache | August 18th 18 |
We don't deserve Megan. Couch Slut pulverize and groove like they have no right to. Noise punk sludge whatever with a penchant for punky grooves that'd make Fenriz tear up.
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| 3.5 great | TheManMachine | November 18th 17 |
Megan Osztrosits has the stupefying shriek power to send creeps running for the hills, enough female fury to stand up to the lengthy-n-lurid sludge-punk her male bandmates firmly churn out. Right, so be assured "Folk Song" is very far from one and "Summer Smiles" certainly ain't no sunbeam. My general gripes are their tendencies to meander, linger, mutilate yer head via morosity -- but the segues that lead into melodic miracles or somehow up the aggression-ante make me glad they go there. Many-a band can pound ya into the ground with competent riffs+squeals+vigor, this one's no different. That raw inescapable rage tho; there's the true riveter.
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| 4.0 excellent | Alabaster Jones | July 31st 17 |
There really couldn't be a better name for this record than this, because Contempt is absolutely dripping with its namesake. Couch Slut surprised plenty of people with their visceral debut My Life As A Woman, but everything that made that album a punishing, pissed, and perturbing listen is cranked up to eleven here. Megan Osztrosits is at once an impressively skilled and worryingly terrifying vocalist, and when you combine her wails and screams with the unflinching lyricism ("Summer Smiles", good lord), she's absolutely perfect for the job. The music behind her is murky, noisy, sludge-metal-influenced hardcore that packs a massive punch and can get pretty unsettling when paired with Osztrosits' vocals. It all comes together to make an impactful sophomore record, and if some more original songwriting is introduced to the fold, you could be looking at a modern classic for this style in the near future.
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| 4.0 excellent | calmrose | December 19th 24 |
| 3.0 good | foxxxy | February 12th 24 |
| 3.0 good | Prole | November 15th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Henry | November 30th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Wolfe | October 31st 17 |
| 3.0 good | adr | October 3rd 17 |
| 3.0 good | Rail | September 11th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Ryan P STAFF | August 31st 17 |
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