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- Summary: The second full-length release for the Memphis garage rock band was recorded with Keith Cooper and Andrew McCalla.
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- Record Label: Goner Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Sep 12, 2016Hoffman used to be in Ex-Cult. They have the same driving, droning, chanting, intoning attack, and though it’s pitched way up high in a womanly register, it concedes nothing else at all to conventional femininity. Great stuff.
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Oct 19, 2016They come back hard and a bit more focused on this terrific sophomore effort.
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Sep 8, 2016Cosmetic’s stewing textural undercurrent intensifies the band’s outer antagonism by highlighting the trembling, deep-seated dread within. It’s riveting and ruining in equal measure.
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Sep 8, 2016Cosmetic is a strong step forward for Nots that builds on their strengths and gives their weirdness some new and interesting places to go.
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MojoSep 8, 2016Peaks on Joy Division-ish New Structures and the helter-skelter title track. [Oct 2016, p.100]
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Q MagazineSep 8, 2016Their second album in 10 months is every bit as unvarnished as its predecessor. [Oct 2016, p.109]