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  • Summary: The third full-length release for the rock band that includes Ty Segall, Charles Moothart and Chad Ubovich was recorded with Steve Albini.
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  • Record Label: In the Red Records
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Garage Punk, Neo-Psychedelia
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
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  1. Oct 23, 2020
    80
    The combo of the bludgeoning sound, impressively hooky riffs and songs, and masterful, nearly over-the-top performances work together to make unmissable metallic magic.
  2. Uncut
    Oct 23, 2020
    80
    Eight relatively streamlined stoner-rock cuts. ... But Fuzz are best when they embrace ridiculousness. [Nov 2020, p.29]
  3. Oct 23, 2020
    80
    III is fuzzy, fast-paced and ferocious in all of the ways we would expect from FUZZ. Ty Segall, Charles Moothart, and Chad Ubovich have carefully conjured cacophony once again, in what might be at once their most spontaneous and their most down-to-earth record to date.
  4. Oct 23, 2020
    80
    There is little memorable about the songwriting of III; the lyrics are minimal and mostly abstract, but doesn’t really hurt the music. This isn’t an album for introspection or for contemplation of the songs’ meanings; it’s an album to crank up loud, bang some heads, and cause speeding tickets.
  5. Oct 29, 2020
    75
    Albini’s live-off-the-floor, overdub-resistant recordings really bring a visceral punch to III’s jammier passages, ensuring that the moments where Moothart peels off for a solo are just as much a showcase for the rhythm section rumbling underneath.
  6. Classic Rock Magazine
    Nov 18, 2020
    70
    III mostly avoids the genre's penchant for endless navel gazing and just delivers the ear-shattering goods. [Dec 2020, p.83]
  7. Nov 19, 2020
    70
    Each of FUZZ’s three players take their endeavors seriously, which makes for a musically dexterous record that’s technically flawless, if a little overwhelming in places.
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