Bleed Out
by The Mountain Goats
  • Record Label: Merge
  • Release Date: Aug 19, 2022
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. MsDeandra
    Aug 30, 2022
    7
    I have been waiting on this album. Well deserved praise. Can't wait to hear more!
  2. ReneBelloq
    Aug 30, 2022
    10
    I'm surprised the critical reviews aren't skewing a little higher. This is my favorite Mountain Goats record since the Sunset Tree. I pay attention to all their releases, and they've done a lot of great stuff since then. But this albums is a propulsive, endlessly catchy listen from first track until the last. With its cheerfully gritty crime noir setting, it's like the Mountain GoatsI'm surprised the critical reviews aren't skewing a little higher. This is my favorite Mountain Goats record since the Sunset Tree. I pay attention to all their releases, and they've done a lot of great stuff since then. But this albums is a propulsive, endlessly catchy listen from first track until the last. With its cheerfully gritty crime noir setting, it's like the Mountain Goats equivalent of an Elmore Leonard novel, and I can't think of much higher praise than that.… Collapse
  3. Jungstir
    Aug 22, 2022
    9
    Bleed Out definitely a must listen album from The Mountain Goats guaranteed you will be part of the Bleed Out singalong. Now I have to see them live.
    Great vocals, dark humor, lyrics, guitar work on point. Indie Band gone gold. Need music for a road trip don't overlook this one! Recorded during the pandemic. I am a fan now.
  4. Fractalcathedra
    Aug 20, 2022
    10
    This is an all timer- an absolutely fantastic Mountain Goats album. Kicks ass from start to finish, literally: Training Montage and Bleed Out are CLASSICS, not a bad or dull song on the batch. Just listen to that saxophone solo on Guys on Every Corner and try not to grin. Some of the smartest and funniest songwriting John Darnielle has ever done, Bleed Out seems to me like an homage to theThis is an all timer- an absolutely fantastic Mountain Goats album. Kicks ass from start to finish, literally: Training Montage and Bleed Out are CLASSICS, not a bad or dull song on the batch. Just listen to that saxophone solo on Guys on Every Corner and try not to grin. Some of the smartest and funniest songwriting John Darnielle has ever done, Bleed Out seems to me like an homage to the end of Breaking Bad. Makes you want to laugh and cry at the same time, such funny and beautiful catharsis. I've been listening to this band for 20 years and after an album like this, it just makes me feel so fortunate to have them still around making awesome music. BUY THIS and support this amazing group of musicians and people.… Expand

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74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Dusted Magazine
    Aug 24, 2022
    80
    Even the soccer dads and middle-management types might find themselves nodding along to lyrics like, “It’s losers all the way down, stay undefeated.” That’s from the album’s flat-out banger, “Wage Wars, Get Rich, Die Handsome,” a sing-along celebration of nihilism that pounds and punches and exults in itself.
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  2. Pitchfork
    Aug 23, 2022
    76
    Bleed Out deconstructs the tropes of action movies just as it lovingly recreates them, letting us have our cake and bludgeon our enemies to death with it too.
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  3. Mojo
    Aug 19, 2022
    60
    Though the ingenuity of the project occasionally outguns the quality of the songwriting, Darnielle's spadework has resulted in a zesty, spontaneous-sounding record. [Sep 2022, p.95]
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