Street Horrrsing
by Fuck Buttons
  • Record Label: ATP
  • Release Date: Mar 18, 2008
User Score
6.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 68 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 68
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 68
  3. Negative: 16 out of 68

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  1. SteveO.
    Apr 11, 2008
    2
    WOW this stuff is completely horrible. No melody, stupid name... just complete garbage... they get a 2 only because they at least TRIED to do something different... don't bother with this!
  2. AlanR.
    Apr 16, 2008
    1
    It's a sad day when this lack of song-writing ability and sound design is so highly praised. "Hypnotic" is another word for boring you to sleep.
  3. MikeN.
    Apr 3, 2008
    0
    Wow... I cannot believe somebody made a 50 minute album with 40 minutes of overbearing electronic distortion. They could've put anything behind that annoying sound, and it would have been the same album. If this is what music is becoming, I'm gonna be rich. I could make 5 of these things a day.
  4. WillC.
    Apr 4, 2008
    2
    This is unlistenable.
  5. Tony
    Apr 6, 2008
    3
    yeah, this is not interesting at all. This is music I think almost anyone could create with just a bit of computer sampling knowledge and a keyboard. Overrated like crazy, as many people have said.
  6. JamesT.
    Jun 20, 2008
    0
    Lol u know getting a good critic score is worthless when this shit gets a 8/10 and rap gets like uber popularity lmao sad times we live in.
  7. MickyC.
    Nov 17, 2008
    2
    This is just another example of indie music disappearing up it's own posterior. I agree with both Remington Steel and Kurt on this. They will be both quickly forgotten and a cause of embarrassment to those who briefly "claimed" to enjoy this.
  8. DavidR.
    Mar 30, 2008
    3
    Okay, I've just heard the samples on MySpace, but I assume they picked their best material for their page. I am a fan of a lot of indie/experimental type music, but this band makes me feel like an old man: who listens to this crap!?? Whats with the token screaming you get at the end of each bland, boring track? I give them a 3 in the off chance I may have missed the point.
  9. MarcG.
    Apr 11, 2008
    0
    It's enough to say that Fuck Buttons is for noise and drone what Trent Reznor is for industrial.
  10. JD
    Apr 23, 2008
    3
    Sorry critics, but this is emperor is stark naked.
  11. JohnB.
    Apr 8, 2008
    3
    Ummm, this is really awful. I am all for dissonance but this is simplistic and not very interesting. Not all songs feature a nice underlining rhythm and the screams really do kill these songs. Nice try, but I was expecting something more complex.
  12. kurt
    May 22, 2008
    1
    STAY AWAY! The album has no substance. Incomprehensible, no rhythm, another noise band that thinks its art. I saw them with Caribou and had to listen to this horrible droning noise for over 30 minutes. I felt so embarrassed having to put my girlfriend through this awful opening act.
  13. RemingtonSteel
    May 30, 2008
    2
    This is just another collection of talentless hack-hipsters. this "band" will forgotten sooner than you can see fleet foxes.
  14. Brian
    Mar 27, 2008
    3
    I was not thrilled with this album. 3 stars for some delightful moments, but please eliminate the scream, for it really makes this album a trite release and way too dependent on influence.
  15. T.K.
    Mar 28, 2008
    2
    I'm perplexed by why "professional critics" like this. Keep in mind, I don't dismiss electronic music nor do I dismiss experimental music. I love Animal Collective and I really like The Field (among others). But this is just soulless pap. I give this a 2 rather than a 0 because to be fair I do need to go back and listen a few more times. It may grow on me...but based on my first I'm perplexed by why "professional critics" like this. Keep in mind, I don't dismiss electronic music nor do I dismiss experimental music. I love Animal Collective and I really like The Field (among others). But this is just soulless pap. I give this a 2 rather than a 0 because to be fair I do need to go back and listen a few more times. It may grow on me...but based on my first two listens, I seriously doubt it.… Expand

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Almost Cool
    83
    It's not quite straight-up noise, and it's certainly not dance music, but if you like a bit of both, this debut from Fuck Buttons should make you a bit giddy.
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  2. Drowned In Sound
    80
    Though far from flawless, removed from any brouhaha Street Horrrsing sees Fuck Buttons carve their own niche and not only produce a debut record that will claw at any prejudices over its 40-minute span but show up their drone brethren as too often resiliently stuck in the mud.
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  3. Dusted Magazine
    70
    There are moments, however, when Hung and Power lock into something truly ecstatic, creating passages that more than account for the tremendous amount of pre-release hype that’s been softballed toward these two.
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