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Coriky Image
Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

  • Summary: The debut full-length release for the band that includes Fugazi's Ian MacKaye, Joe Lally and Brendan Canty as well as The Evens' Amy Farina was recorded by Don Zientara.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. 90
    All in all, this is a great album. Musically, it will be at home in the record collections of anyone who likes the previous bands the members of Coriky have been in. The lyrics are poignant and they’re delivered by some of the strongest voices punk has ever seen.
  2. Jun 16, 2020
    80
    This album is mature in the best ways without dimming its sense of purpose, and it presents three major talents in full command of their gifts and their ideals.
  3. Jun 16, 2020
    80
    There remains a palpable feeling that with Coriky, one of American music’s foremost consciences is very much back in business.
  4. Mojo
    Jun 16, 2020
    80
    Fugazi's signature edge duly emerges. [May 2020, p.86]
  5. Jun 26, 2020
    80
    Coriky is its own, beautifully compelling thing. There is love and respect flowing between the three players and it's a palpable part of this expression that is emotive, reasoned, and rather relaxed. Once this record's playing, the Coriky universe is a fascinating one to be a part of.
  6. The Wire
    Jul 14, 2020
    80
    Throughout the album there’s a palpable refusal to push forward a frontperson – the vocals are truly shared, so Coriky merge and blend around each other and it’s this intuitively generated mutual conciseness that’s so gorgeous to hear. [Aug 2020, p.53]
  7. Jul 16, 2020
    78
    As ever, MacKaye shrewdly distills macro calamities to personal, almost prosaic vignettes.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. Jul 5, 2020
    8
    Really fun to hear Ian and Joe together again (and Ian and Amy). Take note, though (and that includes you, Metacritic) -- Brendan doesn'tReally fun to hear Ian and Joe together again (and Ian and Amy). Take note, though (and that includes you, Metacritic) -- Brendan doesn't appear on this album. Expand

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