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- Summary: This is the first full-length release for Irish noise rock band Gilla Band who previously released music under the name Girl Band.
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- Record Label: Rough Trade
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 8 out of 10
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Mixed: 2 out of 10
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Negative: 0 out of 10
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Oct 6, 2022The constant barrage of guitar noise and distorted vocals can become exhausting, but those who stick with it will soon find themselves falling for one of the most compelling, magnetic albums of the year.
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Oct 3, 2022Aside from sludge rock veterans like Cherubs or fellow experimentalists like Lightning Bolt, it’s hard to think of another act capable of creating such daringly deranged slabs of noise.
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Oct 11, 2022Most Normal is a direct attack that hits like chugging gas from the nozzle. It’s not only thanks to its mauling noise, but the antic and insistent cadence of Kiely’s delivery.
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Oct 3, 2022The record ultimately comes across as a series of experiments compared to the steely focus of their previous offerings, and perhaps in future will feel like a stepping stone record, but their sheer ability of songcraft means it never drags in its exploration.
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Oct 6, 2022Uneasy and unpredictable, yet invigorating.
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Oct 5, 2022Although the handful of newly pared-back songs would theoretically give him a broader space for these more approachable laments, the band don’t yet sound comfortable in this zone, and their work often masks Kiely’s hideous charms. At its best, Most Normal, which Gilla Band produced themselves, reflects the group’s newly gradual creative process.
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UncutOct 3, 2022The results are sometimes too meta to be particularly satisfying, but when but coheres - as on the bracing, static-smeared "Backwash" - it's worth the effort. [Nov 2022, p.29]
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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