Diaspora Problems
by Soul Glo
  • Record Label: Epitaph
  • Release Date: Mar 25, 2022
Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Kerrang!
    Mar 31, 2022
    60
    The one thing holding Diaspora Problems back, save for its disappointing lack of hooks, is that it doesn’t exploit its strengths as fully as it might.

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User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. highballslider
    Mar 27, 2022
    10
    When I think of all the bands and genres that had to exist for this album to exist it blows my mind. I literally loved 12 out of 12 songs.When I think of all the bands and genres that had to exist for this album to exist it blows my mind. I literally loved 12 out of 12 songs. This Album is gonna be on repeat for quite a while.… Full Review »
  2. MusicGuyMack
    Apr 3, 2022
    10
    Though certainly something of an acquired taste, as its in-your-face intensity and aggression aren't likely to be to everyone's liking, theThough certainly something of an acquired taste, as its in-your-face intensity and aggression aren't likely to be to everyone's liking, the blistering scream-rapped vocals and ferociously propulsive punk instrumentals of "Diaspora Problems" nevertheless make for both an improbable but highly moshable match made in Heaven as well as a brutal and exhausting but ultimately rewarding listen and mark Soul Glo as a group to watch moving forward.

    Choice Cuts: "Coming Correct is Cheaper." "Jump! (Or Get Jumped!!!) ((by the future))," "(Five Years And) My Family," "The Thangs I Carry"    … Full Review »
  3. All_ButTrU4
    Mar 31, 2022
    7
    7.8/10
    This is what punk has been missing. Rocks seen an unfortunate decline in quality, urgency and politics. Originally punk was a vehicle    7.8/10
    This is what punk has been missing. Rocks seen an unfortunate decline in quality, urgency and politics. Originally punk was a vehicle for protest and provocation but it's been domesticated into vapid rifts and soulless rifts. That's not the case with this epic assault of noise that feels inspired by Barteese Strange inventive mix of a stereotypically black genre with a white adjacent one and presenting a successful compound ,this is mist apparent on the mad swagger of "Driponomics" that tackles trickledown economics and black disenfranchisement or on "jump!!" that takes an existential fall into identityand demand. Soul Glo are a furious body barreling from song to song with barely a break in between . As the title suggests the record explores the lives and problems of people who's families lineage was removed from it's homeland. Using it's rage to hold a mirror America would much rather leave shattered. Definitely essential listening for lovers of music and rock.    … Full Review »
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