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  • Summary: This is the debut full-length release for the music project that includes Lush's Miki Berenyi, Modern English's Mick Conroy, Moose's K.J. McKillop, and Elastica's Justin Welch.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Mojo
    Mar 20, 2019
    80
    Piroshka's debut album is propelled by forceful, driving garage songs that see off Brexit, the Daily Mail, and school shooters. [Mar 2019, p.91]
  2. Mar 7, 2019
    80
    Brickbat is a worthy addition to the growing canon of bands and performers addressing the powers that be.
  3. Feb 15, 2019
    80
    Even on these quieter moments, Brickbat's invigorated feel is palpable--and contagious. It would've been easy for the members of Piroshka to rest on their laurels, but they prove they have a lot of new ideas to offer their listeners, regardless of how familiar they may be with the band's previous work.
  4. Q Magazine
    Mar 12, 2019
    80
    You could break your teeth on their solid pop structures, especially on Hated By The Powers That Be, but there's a volatility in these touch-paper guitars and flammable vocals, that ensures Brickbat is never straightforward. [May 2019, p.115]
  5. 75
    Brickbat is not an indulgent “supergroup” affair or a rehash of former glories (what would a Lush-Moose-Elastica-Modern English mashup even sound like?), it’s a chance alignment of classic alt-rock pedigree, on and of its own time.
  6. Feb 15, 2019
    70
    Brickbat is a solid record teeming with marvelous musical explorations that are enjoyable while playing.
  7. Uncut
    Feb 22, 2019
    70
    A meaty, confident comeback. [Apr 2019, p.34]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Feb 20, 2019
    10
    This is a gem of an album - you won't want to skip one track. A band far greater than the sum of its four parts. Recommended
  2. Jul 24, 2021
    9
    More than just a consolation band for Lush lovers, Miki Berenyi's welcome voice is as matter-of-fact as ever, with KJ "Moose" McKillock (herMore than just a consolation band for Lush lovers, Miki Berenyi's welcome voice is as matter-of-fact as ever, with KJ "Moose" McKillock (her partner in music and life) working a surf-to-spaghetti-western guitar penchant, Modern English's Mick Conroy handling bass duties, and former Elastica drummer Justin Welch pounding it home. The result is a whole new animal made from the best of the members' former projects. Propulsive, hooky and forceful, this will grab you and hold on. Fantastic. Expand