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  • Summary: The second full-length release from the Los Angeles duo of Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards was produced by Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner.
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  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
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  1. Dec 12, 2016
    80
    While comparisons and familiar tones abound, they shouldn't detract from what Troy and Edwards excel at delivering. They mostly serve as touchstones to lock Deap Vally into the ranks of similar artists as genuinely concerned with rocking listeners into sweet submission.
  2. 80
    In terms of melody, Femejism is a more outwardly pop-leaning record than their debut, but the duo are still as heavy as Black Sabbath when they want to be.
  3. Sep 9, 2016
    80
    If ‘Sistrionix’ was Deap Vally as a brooding teenager, Femejism is the more grown up and wiser young adult. Strong and independent, it has just realised that it doesn’t need to impress you, regardless of the immaculate construction that can’t help but bowl you over.
  4. 80
    Produced by Deap Vally and Yeah Yeah Yeah’s guitarist Nick Zinner, Femjism drags the band forward into a brave new future while keeping their mean, sexy, muscle-bound rock’n’roll snarl fully intact. A real blazer.
  5. 70
    Femejism may not have quite the same impact [as their debut Sistronix], but their second album has enough to it to suggest that Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards will be able to maintain interest our vested interest.
  6. Sep 14, 2016
    70
    Femejism is a powerhouse album that exudes defiant independence without succumbing to tropes, but there are moments where it falters--the overly abrasive yelling on "Little Baby Beauty Queen" comes to mind.
  7. Sep 9, 2016
    40
    There is probably a message buried somewhere within Femejism, but unfortunately it just comes across as lacklustre and contrived.

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