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May 24, 2012Natural History [is] something of a stop-start effort rather than an unqualified success, but if Dope Body can keep playing around with elements like the grinding, crackling hook of "Out of My Mind," it'll be interesting to see what a third album can bring.
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Jun 6, 2012This record is a perfect soundtrack for any drunken destruction party, tantrum, or any other moment of great primitivism.
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May 24, 2012Despite its party-hard attitude, Natural History has a thoughtful, searching soul.
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May 25, 2012While there's still no reason to call these guys accessible, there are moments here.
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Jun 22, 2012Natural History is at its best when it's at its most focused.
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May 24, 2012Natural History is an invigorating listen, which may say as much about today as it does about the band.
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MagnetMay 24, 2012The Baltimore four-piece has the fuzzy guitar, the screamo vocals, the charging bass lines and an overwhelming sense of doom for stomping, post-Seattle noise punk. But the parts don't fit together. [No.87, p.54]
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May 24, 2012They may have changed up their game, but Dope Body still nail the sweet spot between savagery and self-awareness.
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Jun 12, 2012Natural History marks a step forward for the band, a step in the right direction, towards a more sophisticated sound than merely muscular noise rock.
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May 30, 2012Nupping proved it, and Natural History amplifies the point that Dope Body are a completely unimpeachable unit from a musical standpoint: able to fit in with contemporaries while still sounding undoubtedly like themselves, carrying on the proud outsider-rock tradition of their hometown.
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Jun 1, 2012One of the most refreshing rock albums of the year, a collection of songs that advocate a form of moshpit populism that, even if you don't quite get it immediately, will eventually win you over with big, sweaty hug after big, sweaty hug.