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Mar 14, 2016Big Ups combine the elements in such a way that compliments their signature style without ever compromising their identity; Before a Million Universes will almost certainly be one of the most interesting punk releases of 2016 because of that.
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Mar 9, 2016Though it may have lost some of the urgency of their debut, Before a Million Universes has allowed the band to develop a level of genuine introspection rarely seen in the hardcore of today.
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UncutMar 4, 2016As on debut Eighteen Hours Of Static, there's a sinister feel, as if you are being sometimes stalked an sometimes assaulted, often, as in the case of "So Much You," in the same song. [Apr 2016, p.69]
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Mar 4, 2016A smart young band in an increasingly dumbed-down world, Big Ups may have found their voice in the past, but they're clearly swinging for a brighter future.
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Mar 11, 2016None of these songs would have the same effect if rushed, which is what set Big Ups apart from many of their peers.
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Mar 8, 2016Big Ups aren’t always this lyrically profound, but they can make a little go a long way.
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Mar 17, 2016Though it’s easy for Before a Million Universes to fit the roles of hunter and hunted, it stages itself by being as calculated as possible before putting its war paint and entering the jungle.
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Apr 13, 2016The whole of it is too calculated, even if they occasionally hit the mark with an obvious attention to craft which, to be fair, certainly counts for something.
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Mar 16, 2016While this doesn’t exactly add up to any profound reinvention of genre, Before a Million Universes thrives best without thinking.
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Mar 15, 2016Before a Million Universes is made up of good songs. Certain ones, you'll want to listen to over and over. But as a full record with two centered roadblocks, it needs you to earn the experience.
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Mar 4, 2016On occasions it’s a disappointing walk through ‘hardcore by numbers’ routines peppered in clever imagery and breakneck instrumentation.
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Mar 4, 2016They don’t often get the time to build a song from nothingness to explosion quite as well as they mastered on their debut. It’s a powerplay that largely works, yet still takes enough rests to showcase a frantically beating heart and a definite intelligence underneath.