Church Gone Wild / Chirpin Hard - Hella
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64 out of 100

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9.4 out of 10

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  • Summary: The Sacramento, Calif. noise-rock duo of Spencer Seim and Zach Hill each claim a disc to themselves on this 2-CD third album.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. Tiny Mix Tapes
    90
    Church Gone Wild/Chirpin Hard may not be exactly groundbreaking or revolutionary, but it's the kind of idiosyncratic release that reminds experimentalism to laugh when something's funny.
  2. Urb
    80
    Combined, you have the best blotter soundtrack ever. [Jun 2005, p.78]
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  3. Junkmedia
    60
    Second disc Chirpin' Hard is the crowd-pleasing Speakerboxxx to Hill's less-accessible Church Gone Wild.
  4. PopMatters
    25
    The Hella boys have immeasurable talent, as proven by their past (and better) releases; unfortunately, Church Gone Wild/Chirpin Hard has nothing but complete disregard and contempt for talent.

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  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
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  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. RandolphR.
    10
    A true testament of the endless sea of talent that is Spencer Seim and Zach Hill.
  2. CatfishRivers
    10
    Mindblowing...reminds me of late era don caballero, trans am, and the boredoms ... it even has a bit of My Bloody Valentine sloshing about in there. Sometimes all the noise is just stacked so sublimely that it sounds like breaking through into some unknown mental space. I totally dig this.… Collapse
  3. jimbob
    9
    Looooove it. It's understandably dividing critics and fans, because it's nothing like it's like they've ever done. But it feels so right. Sure, it's really repetetive and same sounding, but the energy is staggering and the production is huge. Hopefully this is a Hella album that fans will look back on in a few years and realize how brilliant it is. Or at least lay the ground for their masterwork. The sound quality is far superior to their past releases, and they've never sounded so intense. That being said, like all double albums, they probably could have combined the two and made a more cohesive and diverse effort, but I think the two albums stand really well on their own.… Expand
  4. BrandonS.
    9
    Holy shucks! Not their greatest. Hey just got Zach hill and the holy smokes cd/book thing, buy that! Buy this too AAAA!!

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