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- Summary: This debut album for the Washington D.C. punk five-piece (with a rhythm section stocked with two drummers and two bassists) has drawn comparisons to Liars, Fugazi, and Q and Not U.
- Record Label: Dischord
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 4 out of 5
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Mixed: 1 out of 5
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Sometimes evocative of Joy Division on PCP, sometimes of Arab on Radar on codeine, Ian MacKaye's production maintains the right balance of tin-can sounds with bullfrog disco stylings.
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If your tastes favor frenzied, rabid or berserk rock, grab yourself a copy of Black Eyes and tie it up tight.
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With these production qualities, the band is just comfortably abrasive, snagging against the mix of bent-string guitars and strange, trebly percussive clamor.
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MagnetBlack Eyes gives barely a hint as to what this band achieves onstage. [#59, p.84]
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This album will have to remain the a mark of a band's crazy potential and perhaps a warning siren of what is to come.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Nov 13, 2020
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PeloponnesopSep 13, 2006They're incredible,indeed unfortunately they were incredible.....their voices drive me crazy! Black Eyes (without "peas") i love(d) you!
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