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The record sounds like a seamless amalgamation of the three Hole eras (punk, grunge and rock), with Dalles ska roots almost entirely supplanted in favour of a grungier muse.
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This is heavy pop at its very best.
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[Dalle] may be the New Courtney Love, at times even the Punk PJ Harvey, but she also has a depth of emotion that was last displayed by Kurt Cobain.
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All you have to do is plug Coral Fang in and turn it on to experience [Dalle's] greatness.
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SpinFang's edge is a bit more mosh-by-numbers than Hole's. [Dec 2003, p.129]
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In making a record with such universal themes of love and hate, and sounding so pissed off in the process, Brody has inadvertently made herself the most important new rock star in the world.
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A series of punk songs that balance throat-shredding, brain-rattling intensity with an undercurrent of sadness and vulnerability.
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Coral Fang impresses not just by some nebulous "punk" standards, but by the standards of just about anyone who wants to be rocked gently out of sleep by the dulcet tones of thrashing guitars, pogo-friendly love songs, and possibly the most compellingly forceful female punk vocals since Exene Cervenka wailed her way out of the nihilistic abyss that cartographers call "L.A."
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So what if the clean-ish production elicits screams of "Sellout!" from longtime fans? This is good stuff. Somewhere, Courtney Love is wishing she made this album.
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Beyond Dalle's rusty-razor delivery, though, little about ''Coral Fang'' is remotely dangerous or shocking.
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UncutAt once punchy and overwrought, and blessed with some extremely good, if slightly monotonous, tunes. [Nov 2003, p.120]
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The Distillers subtract a little of Joan Jett's poppy tunefulness and add (even) more aggressive vocals. If that sounds good to you, you'll at least like this album.
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BlenderThe record's initial thrill comes from the confidence with which the Distillers and producer Gil Norton revive rock as a demolishing force. [Nov 2003, p.116]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 40 out of 50
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Mixed: 3 out of 50
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Negative: 7 out of 50
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Sep 15, 2020
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Feb 23, 2013
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FabioLSep 7, 2007