Before A Million Universes
by Big Ups
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. Custom_Concerns
    Apr 9, 2016
    7
    TLDR: Some big Slint fans make an album 20 years too late...but it is really quite good.

    Do you like math rock? Post-hardcore? Midwest emo? Big Ups sure must, as they've taken directly from the likes of Slint, Fugazi, Modest Mouse, and others on their sophomore record. The punk band brings an entertaining ferocity to these tracks with raw guitar, bombastic drums, and, in true Slint    TLDR: Some big Slint fans make an album 20 years too late...but it is really quite good.

    Do you like math rock? Post-hardcore? Midwest emo? Big Ups sure must, as they've taken directly from the likes of Slint, Fugazi, Modest Mouse, and others on their sophomore record. The punk band brings an entertaining ferocity to these tracks with raw guitar, bombastic drums, and, in true Slint style, mostly spoken-word, whispered vocals. Despite being extremely derivative, Big Ups definitely hold their own with some fantastic instrumentation and very solid songwriting. They know exactly what they are doing on this record and own it. Definitely check it out if you want to something raw and aggressive.

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76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. No Ripcord
    Apr 13, 2016
    60
    The 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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  2. PopMatters
    Mar 17, 2016
    70
    Though 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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  3. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Mar 16, 2016
    60
    While this doesn’t exactly add up to any profound reinvention of genre, Before a Million Universes thrives best without thinking.
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