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- Summary: The fourth full-length release for the Seattle-based band was co-produced by Jay Som.
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- Record Label: Hardly Art
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Sep 20, 2019This is music that takes its time but is never less than absorbing and rewards repeated listening. Chastity Belt's musical evolution has been a fascinating and rewarding thing to witness, and this may be their smartest and most compelling music to date.
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Sep 18, 2019Elegant, understated, Chastity Belt is the sound of a band matured, and it’s all the better for it.
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Sep 17, 2019Chastity Belt is proof positive that bands don’t need to simply spin the wheels when they’re going through periods of transition, waiting for the solid ground to return beneath their feet before they get going again.
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Sep 18, 2019With production assistance from Jay Som, Chastity Belt presents a tangible thickening of the band’s sound, with the introduction of strings on “Effort,” “Rav-4,” and “Half-Hearted” and keyboards on “Split” adding texture to their characteristic fuzzed-out guitar arrangements. Each melody and every drum fill feels intentional, and the group’s shared vocals and light-as-air harmonies seem like a meaningful statement of where they are as a band—and as friends.
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Sep 18, 2019While the album has its moments of musical limitation and monotony, Shapiro’s central voice on Chastity Belt is teeming with insight, even when that insight is born from an identity of dissonance.
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Sep 27, 2019Chastity Belt is largely confessional; her words are the focus here, and these simple, serene landscapes are a fitting backdrop to hear her loud and clear.
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UncutSep 17, 2019Occasionally a little too meandering. [Oct 2019, p.26]
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