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- Artist(s): Justin Frye, Michael Etten, Jordan Bernstein, Shannon Sigley
- Summary: The fourth full-length release for the New York band led by Justin Frye was produced with Jonathan Schenke.
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- Record Label: Northern Spy
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Q MagazineDec 8, 2014Frequently the music here sounds unhinged and stretched out to the limits of endurance, but it's exactly this lack of sanitisation that makes this such a thrilling listen. [Jan 2015, p.129]
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Oct 3, 2014It’s not a light listen, that’s a given, and Frye’s perplexing outlook on everything is the record’s only consistency over nine tracks. But those open-minded enough to explore Frye’s dystopian world of disgust and despair will find themselves ultimately wearing a shit-eating grin by the time it’s all over.
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UncutOct 3, 2014It's a scuzzy Swans-like behemoth. [Oct 2014, p.77]
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Oct 3, 2014Social Rust proves that real experimentation does not require impenetrability at every turn.
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Oct 3, 2014The album is too overbearing to be much fun and too paint-by-the-numbers to feel dangerous.