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- Artist(s): Nick Pratt, Daniel Twomey, Jensen Tjhung, Sarah Hardiman
- Summary: The fourth full-length release for the Australian indie rock band is its first on the Sub Pop label.
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- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore, Indie Rock, Noise-Rock
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Sep 17, 2015Pain: the quintessential Deaf Wish family album.
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Aug 7, 2015The album is brimming with originality. There are hints of Sonic Youth, Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments and the Swell Maps in the songs.
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MagnetAug 12, 2015It's terrifying... yet also weirdly gorgeous and enlivening. [No. 123, p.57]
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Aug 7, 2015One of the most joyously deafening albums of 2015.
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Aug 7, 2015Pain isn’t a record you need to dwell on in order to understand.
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Aug 27, 2015At just over 30 minutes, it’s a wild ride that, listened to at the right volume, will no doubt result in the appropriate amount of pain.
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Aug 14, 2015At times it makes the album feel like a compilation of great lost No Wave acts, but when it all clicks together like on the blistering, agit-hardcore blast "They Know", Deaf Wish are a mighty force.