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  • Summary: The second full-length release for the Brooklyn punk band was produced by Dave Sitek.
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Lonely as America
No one has seen this love again It leads to another dead end When will you see the light rise again? In the end, ...how much money we owe to the... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. 80
    Jaded & Faded strikes a fine balance between self-deprecation and the supreme confidence needed to get away with suggesting you've had your chips. But there's no second album syndrome here. It whoops ass.
  2. Jun 16, 2014
    80
    On Jaded & Faded, Cerebral Ballzy sound more visceral and raw than ever before--they’ve ditched the radio-ready gleam, the whole thing sounds recorded in an abandoned crack den on a half-broken tape player, and they’re all the better because of it.
  3. Classic Rock Magazine
    Dec 18, 2014
    80
    It has given a cerebral clarity and garage pop edge to tracks that would otherwise be buried in slaughterhouse riffs under inaudibly angry lyrics. [Summer 2014, p.93]
  4. Jun 16, 2014
    70
    While this might mean that Jaded & Faded lacks the reckless energy of its precursor, it's ultimately a more adventurous and interesting album because of it, proving that Cerebral Ballzy are more than just a group of guys with a keen interest in hardcore.
  5. Jul 2, 2014
    67
    The chops have been there from day one. It’s just that this time out, the songs are worth hanging around for a bit more.
  6. Mojo
    Jul 2, 2014
    60
    Jaded & Faded offers a series of fleetingly thrilling, anti-everything songs that pulse with the kinetic energy of New York street life. [Aug 2014, p.92]
  7. Jun 16, 2014
    30
    They've got the speed, the outfits and the record collection, but Cerebral Ballzy's interpretation of hardcore punk never comes off as more than cartoony.

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