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Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. Mar 20, 2013
    80
    The eight tracks here are more high definition than most of what he's done in his career, with all the various noisy elements easily distinguishable and with more depth than usual.
  2. Mar 19, 2013
    80
    All My Relations isn’t a replacement for a brand new Lightning Bolt album, the last one of which dropped in 2009, but it scratches many of those itches, while also fully justifying existence on its own terms.
  3. Mar 19, 2013
    72
    All My Relations makes a few nods to conventional songwriting, but, really, it’s just as dense and repetitive as anything the drummer has ever put out.
  4. The Wire
    Apr 24, 2013
    70
    Another big fat splat of technicolour vomit from Lightning Bolt drummer Brian Chippendale's solo project. [Apr 2013, p.51]
  5. Apr 2, 2013
    70
    On record, it's certainly a jolt, and not just a pile of drum-driven aural overload, but something does get lost in the process.
  6. Mar 29, 2013
    70
    Clarity (albeit relative) sounds surprisingly good on Chippendale, and one has to wonder how far he’ll continue to push his tribal weirdness in this direction.
  7. Mar 19, 2013
    70
    It's all quite a bit to take in, and All My Relations is an admittedly exhausting listen from start to finish.
  8. Jul 16, 2013
    60
    None of these songs (well maybe “Hear No Evil”) will really shock long-term Lightning Bolt fans--but they do depart in interesting ways from the main project.
  9. Q Magazine
    May 13, 2013
    60
    His new project is even more deranged, much of its sounding like Butthole Surfers driving at you on a space-age steamroller. [Jun 2013, p.93]
  10. Under The Radar
    Mar 22, 2013
    60
    A pleasing (and punishing) noise-rock excursion. [Mar-Apr 2013, p.103]
  11. Mojo
    Mar 19, 2013
    60
    [Brian Chippendale] returns for more overcharged neon-Morricone industrial pop onslaughts, drums and vocals hooked up to his evil super-oscillator. [Apr 2013, p.89]

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