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  • Summary: This is the third full-length release for the Australian avant-punk band led by Gareth Liddiard.
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  • Record Label: Joyful Noise
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Garage Punk, Punk Blues, Neo-Psychedelia, Noise-Rock
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. Aug 25, 2021
    90
    Tropical Fuck Storm's latest record simply reproves their enigmatic worth, and then doubles down on it in a way that no other artist comes close to emulating.
  2. Aug 19, 2021
    80
    You have a record that defies easy categorisation, reminiscent only of the restlessness embodied by outfits like Liars. If their music feels trippy and amorphous, their lyrical focus is often surprisingly specific.
  3. Aug 19, 2021
    80
    For those on board with the group's flagrant disregard for conventional songwriting, Deep States is willing to descend even further down the rabbit hole, with the band offering a good time despite all the twists and turns.
  4. Mojo
    Sep 21, 2021
    80
    Beyond such vivid, often thrilling caricatures, however, the acrid smoulder of The Donkey, the mysterious haunt of Legal Ghost and the nuanced pop of New Romeo Agent prove that Tropical Fuck Storm have yet to succumb to glib nihilism, and that tenderness and poetry are still within their grasp. [Nov 2021, p.87]
  5. Uncut
    Sep 22, 2021
    80
    It's when the band marry this discordance with melody that they really shine. [Nov 2021, p.35]
  6. Aug 24, 2021
    75
    Deep States does feel a bit all over the place, but what works for it (as it does for everything Liddiard has been involved with) is the overpowering confidence with which it is performed.
  7. 30
    Nothing about Deep States feels authentically trippy, authentically dark or authentically weird. Near-on every element feels both forced and misguided, be it the performances, songwriting or the production. If in desperate need, just relisten to that Squid album instead.

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