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May 21, 2015A sameness runs from track to track--brisk tempos, mid-range key, the loud/soft thing--but if you take time to work out the lyrics, you'll be rewarded with intriguing surrealism, goofy fun (no surprise considering their band name) and, on incendiary pop-punk Psykick Espionage, a welcome dose of badassery.
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MojoMay 20, 2015Their second album is a bittersweet indie-punk chaser. [Jun 2015, p.96]
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May 14, 2015It’s certainly one of the edgier twee recordings in recent years, almost an oxymoron in itself, one that falls short on its promise to channel its internal chaos with sprightly reminiscence.
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May 5, 2015Part of the difficulty with this is, simply, that--taken as a body of work (album) rather than a collection of individual tracks--interest can start to wane. This isn’t helped, either, by the chiefly indistinguishable lyrics: that character-and light/shade-drenched vocal might be enormously listenable, but for most of the time we aren’t able to make out what it is articulating.
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Q MagazineApr 30, 2015The songs occasionally thrill but tonally it all becomes just a trifle exhausting about halfway through. [Jun 2015, p.107]
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May 11, 2015Joanna Gruesome rides on raw emotion, whether it stems from anger or victory, but they lose the edge of their retorts.
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May 5, 2015Producer MJ (of Hookworms fame) and the band intended to strip things back and become more economical with their sound. While they certainly have achieved this, in this instance it has arguably starved the songs and disallowed them the space to breathe.
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May 11, 2015Despite only lasting 22 minutes, towards its end Peanut Butter feels more gruelling than gruesome.