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Jul 19, 2011Free Time improves when the band tones down the simpers and demonstrate the lessons of 30-odd years of playing as a touring punk band.
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Jul 19, 2011Shonen Knife can do a lot of things, but country music apparently isn't one of them. Where some may revel in how they don't fuck with the formula that's persisted over their extensive career, others will reach for fan favorite Let's Knife (1992) or save their money; that economic crisis Yamano maybe sings about is still happening, you know.
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Jul 19, 2011Free Time is not unlike Mondo Bizarro or Animal Boy; not exactly a late-career triumph, but evidence that the band can go through the paces with skill and commitment, and if this isn't likely to make anyone a convert, longtime fans won't walk away disappointed.
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Jul 19, 2011It is at times a little too simplistic, and you have to be in the right mood to accept songs about cakes, capybara and economic meltdown. However, when the world starts to look too serious, spending your free time in the day-glo world of Shonen Knife can only lift the spirits.
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Jul 19, 2011As ever, the all-female pop-punk trio finds its inspiration in the seemingly mundane.
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MojoAug 26, 2011Reliably familiar punk pop by enduring Japanese trio. [Sept. 2011, p. 96]
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Q MagazineAug 8, 2011Osaka pop-punk veterans release their 17th record. [Aug. 2011, p. 126]
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UncutJul 28, 2011The pleasant surprise on their 15th album is how proficient they've become, without surrendering their innocence along the way. [Aug 2011, p.98]