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- Summary: The 10th full-length release for the British rock band was produced by Ben Turner and Part Chimp’s Tim Cedar.
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- Record Label: Rocket Recordings
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Jun 30, 2017An eight-song trove of volume, emotional density, and social critique, its commonalities with sounds cultivated by labels like Touch & Go and Amphetamine Reptile not so much evidentiary of retread as they are respectful and refreshing pulls from an era of dissonant rock plentitude. ... Noise rock excellence.
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Jun 5, 2017Inspired by acts as diverse as Crass, Fugazi and Fleetwood Mac, The Guillotine is gritty, greasy and macabre, while lyrically engaging and deliciously tuneful. A word of caution, though; these earworms are liable to turn.
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Jun 5, 2017While The Guillotine's second half doesn't quite hit the peaks of its first, it still remains an enthralling and embittering listen.
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Jun 5, 2017The production team--Ben Turner and Part Chimp’s Tim Cedar--have done too good a job of capturing the excellent beats and riffs upon which the record is built, and this throws the shortcomings of the vocals into sharper relief. However, when the record works, it works, simultaneously in the senses of cohesion, physical graft and mechanistic industry.
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Jun 5, 2017Sadly, the songs on the back half would sound much better as instrumentals. I miss the incoherent wailing of their 00s output. The Guillotine remains a somewhat worthy listen via its front four tracks.
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