- Record Label: Abstract Dragon/Vagrant
- Release Date: Mar 9, 2010
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Devil's Tattoo is unremittingly grim, and undeniably fun. Few bands wear their frowns so well.
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They may have quenched their thirst for charging rock, but it’s their mellower songs that stand out.
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It’s their most consistent outing since their debut, but it’s never much better than average. BRMC is a decent rock band, and if all we expect from them is fuzzed out garage jams they don’t disappoint.
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Under The Radar"Howl" prepared BRMC fans for the deeper blues foray Beat has fullly entered. [Winter 2010, p.62]
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Sixth studio outing Beat the Devil's Tattoo is already getting billed as the one that brings all these prodigal sons' (and daughters'-- ex-Raveonette Leah Shapiro is now on drums) stylistic detours back home. It kind of is, but if BRMC's sound has cohered, their songwriting has unfortunately done the opposite.
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UncutIt's unlikely comfort is their aim, but that's the effect oif this over-familiar blend of woozy disaffection and slow-burning sensuality. [Apr 2010, p.83]
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Every single one of the lyrics is either a really, really lame Spacemen Zero drug innuendo (the – hey! – 10-minute epic ‘’Half-State’), about ‘twisted’ love (the – hey! – ‘stripped down’ ‘Sweet Feeling’s Gone’) or mentions “highways”.
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Q MagazineBeat the Devil's Tattoo finds BRMC edging ever further toward parody. [Apr 2010, p.109]