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  • Summary: The fifth full-length release for the noise rock band was produced by Arthur Rizk and Lydia Lunch.
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The Bar Is Low
I've been described as good Some have even said great What have I done To deserve such a fate It sure seems to be Quite an easy bet Those we adore... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Magnet
    Apr 14, 2017
    90
    It's best record. [No. 141, p.61]
  2. 85
    With riffs weighted so they're heavy enough to bludgeon, and vocals that feel like they're being torn straight from the larynx, the album is a tour de force of high octane refrains and filth-driven focus.
  3. Feb 24, 2017
    80
    Why Love Now truly comes to life when the band uses their punishing sound to explore the absurdity of modern masculinity.
  4. Mar 1, 2017
    79
    Their music has never gone down easier, but their commentary has never hit so uncomfortably hard.
  5. Feb 28, 2017
    70
    Why Love Now shows Pissed Jeans' songwriting reaching new peaks of awareness and focus, all the while remaining true to their brand of dissonant punk.
  6. Feb 23, 2017
    70
    It's easily the meatiest the band has sounded to date, but it doesn't deviate from the punishing, aural miasma that Pissed Jeans have been stewing in since their 2006 debut.
  7. Feb 3, 2017
    60
    While it’s probably a good thing that the rest of record isn’t quite as intense as that [Waiting On My Horrible Warning], the 11 songs that follow remain a deliberately overbearing barrage of droning, snarling and unrelenting noise punk.

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