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Feb 11, 2013Honeys is 36 minutes of an excellent band doing what it does best, approachability be damned.
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MagnetFeb 8, 2013On the band's latest, they continue the move toward the tighter concision found on 2009's King Of Jeans, but unlike Pissed Jeans' previous efforts, there isn't a seven-minute dirge on Honeys. [No. 95, p.51]
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Mar 6, 2013Four records deep, Pissed Jeans may have trimmed some heaviness, but they open space for discovery.
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Feb 25, 2013Honeys is the band's ultimate thesis statement, grounding their past triumphs in cruel reality that, if not buffered by their expert sense of humor, would hit too close to home too many times to count.
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Feb 11, 2013The cartoonish brutality of the music is fun as hell, and since Korvette is most often mocking himself during Honeys, it doesn't come off as hectoring.
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Kerrang!Mar 6, 2013As compositionally impetuous as they are lyrically intelligent, Pissed Jeans are amongst rock's most uncompromising outfits. [16 Feb 2013, p.51]
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Feb 21, 2013It’s distancing stuff, though also hookier than earlier LPs. But it’s the humanity and levity of the lyrics that’ll really get you on board.
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Feb 19, 2013A truly excellent rock record.
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Feb 19, 2013It's this balance between relatable situations and off-color humor that makes Pissed Jeans' songs so dynamic.
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Feb 19, 2013When it’s not a really scary record, it’s a really fun one, and most of the time, it’s both.
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Feb 15, 2013The non-stop purging of masculinist bile can be exhausting, but that can and should be considered a measure of success, a sign that, despite whatever growth has been exhibited, success hasn’t changed Pissed Jeans.
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Feb 15, 2013Honeys may be just another rash, blustering effort, but for the first time there’s a faint hint of accessibility seeping through the cracks.
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Feb 13, 2013Against all odds, this is a lyrics record, deliberate where you expect it to be insane (or inane), a smart listen in the tradition of Largely Incomprehensible Lyrics That Nonetheless Sound as If They Had Actual Time and Multiple Drafts Put Into Them.
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Feb 12, 2013Honeys is a savvy, all-inclusive slab of disenchanted rage that doesn't hold back at any juncture.
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Feb 11, 2013Though the sonic palette may be tweaked a little, the band's sense of disdain and frustration toward the little things is still gloriously intact.
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Feb 11, 2013Honeys, like Hope for Men, has some dead spots in the middle, but this time it doesn’t lessen the impact of the whole record, or the underlying fear of sinking back into office park anonymity.
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Feb 11, 2013Scathing and brilliant, this is a new level for Pissed Jeans, a band whose name begs us not to take them seriously, while their sound demands exactly the opposite.
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Q MagazineFeb 8, 2013Tracks such as the blistering hardcore of Cathouse and Cafeteria Food are the sort of exhilarating rock'n'roll songs that could kick start your year. [Mar 2013, p.108]
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MojoFeb 6, 2013Plenty of young pups are revising the pop-smart bludgeon of, say, pre-goldrush Nirvana, but only Pissed Jeans deliver with such panache. [Mar 2013, p.91]
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Feb 6, 2013This is the stuff of vicious hangovers, unkempt hair being head-banged back and forth furiously, and eyebrow-raising debacles on public transport.
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Feb 6, 2013They sound utterly repellant, and it suits them perfectly.
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Feb 6, 2013Pissed Jeans are loud, they're angry; they're buoyant, they're funny; they're introspective and melancholic. They're totally original, and of their time.
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Feb 20, 2013Like every Pissed Jeans album before it, Honeys is a unique balancing act of dumb and smart, as nimble as it is brash.
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Mar 13, 2013Honeys marks the band's sharpest, smartest work yet, hypermasculine yet self-defeating.
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Mar 12, 2013Pissed Jeans satirize the languor of adulthood and unleash punk malice on unsuspecting targets.
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Feb 12, 2013Honeys rocks in the perverse way only Pissed Jeans can, and like past releases, it’s a slab of flank steak in an indie world rife with tenderized veal.
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Classic Rock MagazineOct 23, 2013Torture, disgust and danger are all here, but so too are some sharp-barbed observations on screwed-up modern living. [Sep 2013, p.90]
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Feb 20, 2013It's one of the best recent examples of a band burning the schematics and retooling the machine to meet their desired output, regardless of whether said equipment defies standard noise ordinances.
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Feb 12, 2013While it may not be a distinct step forward creatively, the blue-collared Allentown, PA, quartet has managed another solid effort that maintains its edge.
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Feb 11, 2013For the most part, Honeys is a prime example of how the innovativeness of your chosen style matters not a jot, as long as you’re doing it with aplomb. And most importantly, having a bloody laugh.
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UncutFeb 6, 201312 pummeling songs of Black Flag-like thump, laced with bleak humour. [Mar 2013, p.76]
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Alternative PressFeb 6, 2013While minor lulls can be found and their habit of zeroing in on daily life's mundane nuances risks self-parody, this s*** still rips. [Mar 2013, p.92]
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Feb 8, 2013Too often inaudible, the band’s uncathartic noise can still test patience as well as nerves.
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Positive: 9 out of 11
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Mixed: 2 out of 11
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Feb 12, 2013