Leave Home
by The Men
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

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  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
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  1. AllMusic
    Jul 26, 2011
    60
    The rest of the record is filled with an invigorating amount of passion, noise, and power that impressively takes their roots and influences to a new place. Not bad for a debut album; it bodes very well for further endeavors.

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  1. Doxxman5
    Aug 11, 2017
    9
    The Men are anything but predictable, truly being one of the better bands to emerge in the 2010's and leave their fans guessing on where theyThe Men are anything but predictable, truly being one of the better bands to emerge in the 2010's and leave their fans guessing on where they will go next. Leave Home is their second record and surely one of their best, as it encompasses the mess that is the band's quest to conquer every form of music. Hardcore punk of the 1980's seems to be the theme for most of the record, recalling bands like Dead Kennedys, Flipper, and even The Dream Syndicate at their most raw. After the psych opener "If You Leave", the next couple of songs could only be seen as a decent into madness: The raw but melodic "Lotus"; the abstract almost Pere Ubu noise fest of "Think"; what I could only compare to the scariest of Swans imitations with "Ladoch", six minutes of torture.

    Finally the rage subsides a bit with the next two tracks on the record which also happen to be the best: a rocking bruiser that recalls The Stooges or better yet The Cows titled simply "()", and "Bataille" which recalls all of the above with a superb melodic line, and maybe the best song they ever cut. It is all summed up at the end with "Night Landing", one of the great phaser guitar driving songs to not exist in the 1980's. As much as throw back their sound can be, they sum all of it up with an attitude that is pure 21st century; they are very aware of who they are channeling and do it with style and substance.    … Full Review »
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