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| 1.0 awful | SandwichBubble | June 15th 19 |
St. Vincent molested this band beyond recovery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuDjN6KsLdo
Edit: Guess who was kind of right?
The Universe: 39,520
SandwichBubble: 1
Post-release edit: In the twist to end all twists, they actually molested themselves.
Sorry Annie, you're not to blame. At least not entirely.
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| 2.0 poor | fog CONTRIBUTOR | August 16th 19 |
The spectre of Liz Phair haunts this album... Boo!
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| 3.5 great | aaronrkc | August 16th 19 |
I really love how ambitious the songwriting and instrumentation on this album is. I wish the bass was a little more pronounced in the mix, but otherwise this shit is great.
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| 3.0 good | cjbizzlebizzle | November 14th 19 |
Where to start with this one? Not a disaster as people are hyping it out to be but boy oh boy, a massively new direction. A band with one of the finest indie rock/riot grrrl resumes known for producing some of the best guitar work in the genre replaces a lot of that with generic electronics and synth. The production is the biggest issue as the mix often feels out of sorts drowning out the vocals and live instruments in favor of quirky synth. Change in direction can lead to magic but this change sees Sleater-Kinney losing a lot of their signature sound and sounding a lot more generic in the process. Are they possibly trying to appeal to wider audiences with the synth driven songs and poppier sound? Who knows. All of that being said Corin and Carrie deliver nice, energetic vocals and most of the songs are good outside of RUINS and Bad Dance; its just that none of them are truly great and differentiate themselves from other indie rock/pop of today.
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| 3.5 great | chtrenne | September 13th 19 |
I don't think this is half as "glossy" or "over-produced" as people are making it out to be. It isn't as good as their last album, but still solid and with some peaks ("Reach Out" sticks out to me).
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| 3.1 good | Erwann S. STAFF | August 27th 19 |
It's ok. The St. Vincent's prod is not incredible, as the noise passages could be rawer and more abrasive. You can still get a lil bit of da pop.
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| 3.5 great | AmericanFlagAsh | August 19th 19 |
It's a solid album, not anywhere close to their best. Put your knives away.
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| 2.0 poor | MrTonytheGamer | August 17th 19 |
Well... this is quite the punch to the gut. What the fuck Sleater-Kinney?
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| 2.5 average | doofy | January 11th 24 |
| 2.0 poor | Sowing STAFF | June 13th 21 |
| 2.5 average | iGuter | May 12th 21 |
| 3.5 great | heck | December 9th 20 |
| 3.0 good | bSmith | February 3rd 20 |
| 2.0 poor | wg98 | January 21st 20 |
| 1.5 very poor | Runeii | December 24th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | casey | December 15th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | peahat | December 12th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Ashtiel | November 20th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | Loneminx | September 29th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | greg84 EMERITUS | September 21st 19 |
| 3.0 good | chris. | September 4th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Djang0 | August 26th 19 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | August 22nd 19 |
| 3.5 great | Juca89 | August 18th 19 |
| 3.0 good | bharry | August 17th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | xxm | August 16th 19 |
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