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Aug 26, 2019Braindrops is somehow both more personal and more detached than Liddiard has ever been. It’s personal in that there’s moments of unmitigated passion, manifesting as anger, vulnerability, and virulent snark; the shrapnel from broken relationships and haywire politics ricochets off the band.
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Aug 21, 2019This is emphatically a headphones listen, especially for picking up the quieter moments of cacophony. It’s in the noisier moments that you’ll really appreciate having a good sound system for the album.
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Q MagazineAug 27, 2019With the group fermenting a heady stew of gnarled psych rock, the result is as droll as it is challenging. [Oct 2019, p.114]
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Aug 23, 2019The vocal interplay meshes with the restless instrumentation and some of the most layered and considered storytelling that anyone could ask for. For an agitated, hyper collection of weird songs about made up or distorted topics TFS come achingly close to the total package.
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UncutAug 21, 2019Themes of mind control are sprinkled throughout the record, whose highlights include storm opener "Paradise," the semi-rapped title track, the funky "The Planet Of Straw Man" and closing song "Maria 63." [Oct 2019, p.39]
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Aug 21, 2019Braindrops is as cerebral and gut-level as its name implies, high-minded and high volume, a grand mess that isn’t really a mess at all.
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Aug 21, 2019Braindrops is a tumultuous and compelling listen.
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Aug 22, 2019Tropical Fuck Storm are fast becoming a watering hole for listeners with a thirst for the weird, and on Braindrops, they have eschewed formulas to such an extent that they are now staring back through the dimensional mirror with wry smiles and killer tunes.
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Sep 5, 2019[“Soft Power” is] an engrossing, haunted fable, a way to link society’s obsession with conspiracy to our basic needs for security and comfort. It’s proof that Tropical Fuck Storm are still clever when they want to be, able to channel obsessive rage into real insight. Braindrops could’ve used more like it.
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Aug 23, 2019The songs aren’t all as strong, but they have the hallmark of a highly promising, individual group.
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Positive: 20 out of 25
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Mixed: 2 out of 25
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Negative: 3 out of 25
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Aug 23, 2019
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Aug 23, 2019Esse álbum é uma obra de arte.
Todas músicas são boas, tem grandes arranjos -
Aug 26, 2019