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Apr 26, 2012Diamond Rugs is a lot more fun and less self-conscious than what Deer Tick usually delivers.
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Alternative PressApr 24, 2012The sextet deliver delightfully, dingy, wholly impressible rawk. [May 2012, p.75]
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May 29, 2012Even though Deer Tick's punky, yowling take on hillbilly country-rock is a close relative to Diamond Rugs' own sound, it's more of a first cousin than an identical twin, and the few songs that deviate from the Deer Tick template are some of the album's most enjoyable.
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Oct 30, 2012The surprise isn't that their eponymous debut LP turned out terrific, but that it got made at all.
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Apr 24, 2012Even if this act is Deer Tick 2.0, this is still an album of infectious, ultra-grimy blues-rock tunes from dudes who've mastered the equation and then some.
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Mar 26, 2013When compared to each members’ regular output, there’s not a lot to take seriously here. That’s quite all right though.
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Apr 26, 2012This ain't no Chickenfoot; this is the really really real deal.
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MagnetApr 24, 2012The album's many ragged parts [are wrapped] into a rocking and rollicking package. [No.86, p.52]
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MojoApr 10, 2013[A] ragged rock 'n' roll debut with vigorous grit, while Robbie Crowell's drawled, anecdotal lyrics add dive-bar sleaze. [May 2013, p.96]
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Mar 26, 2013The resultant album is exactly what you’d expect from this mix of personnel.
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Apr 24, 2012Diamond Rugs emerge from their first full-length effort as a cohesive, spirited country-punk collective that brings out the best in each member.
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Apr 23, 2012In theory, Diamond Rugs should prove extremely comforting, a celebration of rawk and male friendship in the face of vaguely rendered but all-consuming sexual denial. And yet, there's no catharsis or viscera.
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Jul 18, 2012As enjoyable as Diamond Rugs' high points are, the album still feels like less than the sum of its parts, which is still not a bad thing for a barroom-stomp side project.
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Apr 24, 2012Despite the raucous vibe, Diamond Rugs is flawed - scattered, unfocused, and rather long, at 14 tracks.
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UncutApr 25, 2013While there's pleasure to be had from the band's exuberant MC5-meets-AC/DC racket, their dubious tales of salt-of-the-earth hookers, as found in "Call Girl Blues," and drunken lechery, outlined the willfully crass "Hungover And Horny" takes the retro vibe too far. [Jun 2013, p.71]