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- Record Label: Relapse Records
- Release Date: Feb 21, 2020
- Artist(s): Jim Ning Nong, Marco Del Rio, Nick Forté
- Summary: The first release in five years for the New York black metal/punk band led by Marco del Rio is also its first on the Relapse label.
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- Record Label: Relapse Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal
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The WireMar 11, 2020Some might find the shit-fi recording (albeit aided by a keen producer’s ear), the relentless bleakness, or Del Rio’s blackened vocals to be dealbreakers. But it’s undeniable that Raspberry Bulbs are not only unencumbered by constraints of genre, they’ve forged a sound unique to themselves. [Mar 2020, p.54]
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Mar 11, 2020The busted up and agonizing forms that result accumulate into a hell of a record. Put on your black boots and stomp around in it awhile.
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Mar 11, 2020Unhinged as it is, it’s a cathartic expression of the way the world is: messy, ugly, and real.
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Mar 11, 2020Raspberry Bulbs paint a seductively dystopian image through Before the Age of Mirrors, but its aesthetic cannot fully carry the weight of its musical shortcomings. There is both too much runtime and too little substance here.