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- Summary: This is the Sub Pop debut (and third overall album) for the Seattle-based punk trio.
- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Positive: 11 out of 14
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Mixed: 3 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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Black Forest is a little less scuzzy and raw than the band's earlier work, but it passes the test: the later at night and the louder you play it, the better it sounds.
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They have a knack for making things just wrong.
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One of the most playful end-of-the-world concept albums ever created.
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SpinPacked with sparse, whirring, and danceable noise-rock refinements. [Apr 2005, p.108]
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It's not too hard to hear amid the swamp bass and prickly guitars, that this group seriously brings the funk.
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Smacks of pure aggression, the kind which made household names out of such groundbreaking labels as SST and Amphetamine Reptile.
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There are some genuinely good songs on this album. But good bands make music that their listeners don't have to really try to enjoy.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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BradEJul 22, 2005Steve Albini must be proud of this band. Primitive, raw, scuzzy, this record is a true classic.
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