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83

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

  • Summary: The second and final full-length release for the Australian garage punk band with its lead singer Shogun, who left the band in 2014, but agreed to finish this sophomore album.
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Tried to call you on the phone 'cause you get me high. Couldn't leave your name alone 'cause you get me high. I know I could just curl up and now I... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 14
  2. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Aug 21, 2015
    100
    It’s what an Australian rock record, at least one made by four men, should sound like in 2015.
  2. Aug 20, 2015
    100
    Thank goodness High has been let loose at last: this feels like one of those truly habit-forming, again-and-again pleasures.
  3. 90
    With this raw collection of songs, Royal Headache have bared themselves to the world, and it's enthralling.
  4. Aug 18, 2015
    80
    Royal Headache have taken steps forward since their last album--they’ve cleaned up their production and diversified their songwriting. Ultimately, though, the important bits are intact: the passion, the power, and the hooks that demand being shouted joyfully.
  5. Aug 18, 2015
    80
    They offer a survey of rock’s history, but their take is revisionist.
  6. Sep 22, 2015
    70
    Royal Headache's execution is so straightforwardly 1977 that it almost teeters on generic garage-rock pastiche. The saving grace is this album's undeniable heart and soul.
  7. Aug 18, 2015
    58
    It turns out they were right to push through the breakup, but a few bleak songs dampen the high they’re chasing after as a result.

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