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  • Summary: The second release for the Detroit rock band is its first with a smaller lineup--the five-piece band is now only three.
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  • Record Label: In the Red Records
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Noise-Rock, Punk-Pop
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Mar 1, 2011
    80
    There's no doubt that Nothing Fits is a high-pressure, unflagging, and energetic piece of work. But it's also fun, frequently lowbrow, and--to the heathenish--a bit backward.
  2. Mar 1, 2011
    80
    The self-titled release was dominated more by decaying, almost bleak instrumental meanderings than the half-cocked pop-fuzz that made the group's many singles such hot items. 2010's Nothing Fits, released on In the Red, is a near total about-face, consisting of 11 swift, fierce blasts.
  3. Mar 1, 2011
    78
    Nothing Fits is the band's first release to be recorded in an actual studio, and the result is a shorter, more focused record, but hardly a cleaner one.
  4. Mar 1, 2011
    70
    It's as if Tyvek decided to reinvent themselves as a mutated punk group, and to no one's surprise, the aesthetic shift works.
  5. Mojo
    Apr 4, 2011
    60
    The Detroit budget-punks follow last year's eponymous art-scuzz by zinging through 12 anthemic amp-melters in 26 minutes. [Feb 2011, p.989]
  6. Uncut
    Mar 1, 2011
    60
    The fall and Dead Kennedys are the key influences here. [Dec 2010, p.109]
  7. Mar 1, 2011
    50
    For those with an indie record collection longer than any Christmas list, it will fit right in. It would just be nice if Tyvek would stand out more instead of quietly doing its job.

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  1. Apr 25, 2011
    9
    This album is a powerful start. Listen to it the way its supposed to be listened to: on your mom's old stereo system, in your basement, turnedThis album is a powerful start. Listen to it the way its supposed to be listened to: on your mom's old stereo system, in your basement, turned up so loud that you can't hear your neighbors screaming at you, or the police bustin up your door. After listening to the album, it feels needless to say, it is a debut that leads to something else. The dirtiness, the scratchiness, the raw sizzling **** It takes lo-fi ideas and nurtures them with heroin. Put on some sort of speed that's fast but heavy. Feels really good turned up loud. This album is gritty, messy. But it feels excellent. Oh ya, some good songs are Pricks In A Car, 4312, and Underwater To. Expand