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Dec 17, 2013Reyes who sounds even better than he did on Jealous Again, his voice deeper, richer, and stronger but still with that manic surfer edge. But, he seems to constantly be trying to squeeze into these songs.
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Dec 2, 2013This music seems clumsy and half-hearted, and Ginn's interplay with new drummer Gregory Amoore feels sluggish and leaden at every turn.
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Dec 3, 2013Too many songs here feel like aggregations of quirky, tossed-off riffs.
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Dec 3, 2013Demons used to be what drove Black Flag toward hitherto extremes of punk-rock brinksmanship, and there are glimpses of that savagery on What The.... Mostly, though, it’s a footnote to a legacy that never needed one.
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Dec 13, 2013While not quite as cack as recent efforts by Bad Brains or DYS, it still defies belief that this should ever see the light of day.
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Dec 3, 2013It's a puny representation of a big sound made all the more unlistenable by the nuisance of the vocal lines.
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Dec 2, 2013It’s often only functional, crucially low on thrills; the riffs, over barely changing, stock-punk rhythm patterns, have no breathing space.
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Dec 2, 2013By its second track, “Down in the Dirt,” this album has already sunk into undifferentiated aural mud, with 19 more doses of thin drums, buried vocals, and shredding guitar to come.
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Dec 2, 2013With its squeaky clean sonic finish and diluted edge, it’s a record that screams musical midlife crisis. If you were worried that a new Black Flag record would sully the band’s sterling legend, your concerns are sadly validated.
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Kerrang!Jan 8, 2014This is more Beige Flag--and would have been more aptly titled Why... [30 Nov 2013, p.54]
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