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Oct 9, 2013It’s a bit of a tightrope walk for any female rock stars though, retaining femininity while cranking up the amps and pushing the blues rock envelope right to the edge of the table, but Deap Vally sound and look like they know exactly what they’re about.
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Jul 1, 2013If there's a flaw here, it's that there's little change from song to song in pace and approach, but then, this is a duo built around simply hitting the pedal and going, clattering and thundering along, impossible to ignore.
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Jul 1, 2013Sistrionix is a hugely enlivening 41 minutes of deliciously distorted vocals, instantly memorable fuzz-up guitar riffs, handclap breakdowns, and vicious put-downs of cheating lovers and sleazebags.
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Jun 24, 2013It is a thoroughly unironic, seriously fun, rock record, in which seizing the day (well, the night), settling scores and the importance of making one's own money are explored in detail, with leering electric guitar and crashing kit.
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Jun 21, 2013They’ve given the folk-drenched musical world of the last few years a well timed kick in the balls.
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Jun 21, 2013It’s immediate and hard-hitting in the same way as blues rock.
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Oct 18, 2013As a result all the dumb comparisons turn out to be irrelevant, and Sistrionix turns out to be a debut to be proud of.
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Alternative PressOct 1, 2013Guitarist Lindsey Troy's molten riffage and roaring voice-landing between Karen O and Brody Dalle--are paired perfectly with drummer Julie Edwards' wall-shaking bears on "Your Love's A Lie," which is as (not very) sensitive as this collections gets. [Nov 2013, p.88]
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Jul 15, 2013Yes, it’s been done before, but as much as there is to nitpick, there’s just as much to revel in.
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Jun 26, 2013With crisp cymbals, heavy guitars and gritty rock ‘n’ roll vocals, this album was meant for a pre-party party.
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Oct 9, 2013It’s 11 songs of nonstop, downright raunchy blues with lyrics that ooze malcontent and feminism.
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Oct 8, 2013While the record is still enjoyable, particularly due to a strain of riot grrrl-infused audacity and vociferous demands for respect, the sonics fail to achieve much progress and rely far too often on tried-and-true riffs and structures.
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Classic Rock MagazineJul 23, 2013The stumbling block is that too many songs here never develop pasta dino-stomp riff, and that the vocals can be a little shrill. [Summer 2013, p.89]
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Q MagazineJul 10, 2013Sistrionix doesn't always keep up the consistency, but Deap Vally have enough swagger to fill in the gaps. [Aug 2013, p.96]
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Jun 21, 2013If they only had slightly better tunes, the temptation to highlight the supposedly novel elements of their act might prove easier to resist.
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Jun 21, 2013Half the songs on their debut album sound much better than they are.
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Jun 21, 2013Sistrionix could be a foundation for something much better or something infinitely worse, but for now Deap Vally don’t particularly deserve your hate or your love.
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Jul 2, 2013Mostly, though, the music on Sistrionix is plain bad.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 13
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Mixed: 3 out of 13
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Negative: 1 out of 13
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