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  • Summary: Produced by Toshi Kasai, the debut full-length solo release for Foo Fighters/Sunny Day Real Estate bassist Nate Mendel features contributions from Sunny Day Real Estate's Jeremy Enigk, Helmet's Page Hamilton, The Head and the Heart's Josiah Johnson, Modest Mouse's Joe Plummer, and FooProduced by Toshi Kasai, the debut full-length solo release for Foo Fighters/Sunny Day Real Estate bassist Nate Mendel features contributions from Sunny Day Real Estate's Jeremy Enigk, Helmet's Page Hamilton, The Head and the Heart's Josiah Johnson, Modest Mouse's Joe Plummer, and Foo Fighters' Chris Shiflett. Expand
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Belle Epoque
A day of rest is hardly ever A day at rest's a callow sigh A day a rest is hardly ever Hardly ever sealed in time The follies raged at night Who's... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Alternative Press
    Mar 12, 2015
    80
    Though each song is plainly predictable, the album is never boring as each track packs a few twists that thrill. [Apr 2015, p.91]
  2. Kerrang!
    Mar 18, 2015
    60
    Nate and his crew are charming, more often than not. [7 Mar 2015, p.54]
  3. Classic Rock Magazine
    May 12, 2015
    60
    There is skill on display, but the album is unlikely to progress beyond background music. [Jun 2015, p.93]
  4. Mar 12, 2015
    58
    Even with the decibel meter dialed down to accommodate his wounded croon, Mendel struggles to assert himself, flattening out the album’s dynamic variation in the process.
  5. Uncut
    Mar 30, 2015
    50
    Despite this gaggle of helpers, If I Kill This is a surprisingly muted affair. [May 2015, p.75]
  6. Mar 12, 2015
    50
    The songs are impeccably layered, but like tiramisu, those layers bleed into one another, so that even a relative rocker like “Rattled” gets lost in its own swirl.
  7. Q Magazine
    Apr 13, 2015
    40
    When Mendel cranks things up, he's on shakier ground. [May 2015, p.107]

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