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Devour You
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  • Summary: The second full-length release for the Los Angeles rock band was produced by Nick Launay.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Oct 15, 2019
    80
    A full-on rager, this one. Devour You knows what's up. [Nov 2019, p.82]
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  2. Q Magazine
    Oct 10, 2019
    80
    Starcrawler might be known as a great live band, with de Wilde spitting, screaming and high-kicking her way through their confrontational gigs, but with Devour You prove they're every bit as impressive on record too. [Nov 2019, p.116]
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  3. The Line of Best Fit
    Oct 10, 2019
    70
    It’s clear that they’re at their best when they’re drawing from the college rock/grunge well, and disappointing that they feel they have to include 36,000 different rock styles to be taken seriously.
  4. DIY Magazine
    Oct 10, 2019
    70
    It’s all hips, handclaps and riffs, lots and lots of riffs. It isn’t perfect, but you’d be hard pressed to find a record as fun as Devour You.
  5. Exclaim
    Oct 14, 2019
    70
    There's nothing necessarily at fault about borrowing so heavily from the past — these sounds are, after all, classic for a reason and it's true that Starcrawler conjure them expertly and deftly. The most memorable moments of the record, though, are those when Starcrawler distinguish their work from the giants before them, sketching out instead their own growing sense of self.
  6. Under The Radar
    Oct 10, 2019
    65
    Songs like opener "Lizzy" and "You Dig Yours" bristle with a subversive energy anyone that's witnessed Starcrawler in the flesh will immediately identify with. Elsewhere, "Hollywood Ending" and "Rich Taste" show de Wilde and her band in a more poignant light, taking their cues from Hole circa Celebrity Skin.
  7. AllMusic
    Oct 11, 2019
    60
    Starcrawler seem less like they want to lead you astray and more like they're acting out in hopes of getting their parents' attention, which isn't always good for these songs. But the music on Devour You is just raw and sweaty enough to conjure up some forgotten after-school special about falling in with the wrong crowd, and if that isn't hitting a bull's-eye for them, it's at least somewhere on the target.

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  1. charliequaker
    Oct 18, 2019
    7
    The 2nd album from this Los Angeles band combines raw indie rock/punk rockers with sensual-to-screaming vocals and raging rock ‘n’ roll noiseThe 2nd album from this Los Angeles band combines raw indie rock/punk rockers with sensual-to-screaming vocals and raging rock ‘n’ roll noise guitars. Like a siren in dangerous waters, Arrow de Wilde channels vocals that move from licentiously tempting to all-out destructive chaos. The band manages to sound simultaneously tight and raw, combining a rowdy youthful energy with some talented riffing and a skillful rhythmic punch, as they move through punk rock, boogie blues, country chugs and classic rock with a bubble-bursting adolescent indie rock energy. RIYL: Amyl and the Sniffers, Hole, Dream Wife, Joan Jett/Runaways, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Pixies. “Devour You” hints at better things to come. While there is nothing new or truly amazing here, the album is fun and it rocks like a mother! That’s enough for me. Recommended.… Expand

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