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- Summary: The third full-length release for the Baltimore-based noise rock band led by Andrew Laumann was produced by Travis Harrison.
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- Record Label: Drag City
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Noise-Rock
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Oct 30, 2014Dope Body have managed to modulate their sound without watering down the characteristics that made them unique in the first place. In consequence, Lifer is a ferocious record that deftly coalesces noise rock with early grunge and psychedelic flourishes. It's a trip down memory lane well worth taking.
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Nov 12, 2014Where the album is most successful though, is in its achievement of capturing the raucous, unhinged live sound that the band create when they set upon the stage with a whirlwind of noise.
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Oct 30, 2014Dope Body deliver hard-hitting rock, employing skill and effects while keeping things more accessible for their audience (heavy alt-rock lovers) than they did on 2012's Natural History.
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Oct 30, 2014Third album Lifer continues that album’s gnarled tendencies, offering up blurry washes of ghastly rock that have more in common with '90s metal-leaning grunge acts than the sometimes artsy punk undercurrents that wander in and out of Dope Body's sound.
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UncutNov 11, 2014A typically frantic burst of speed metal/punk, but underpinned with plenty of hooks and changes of pace to maintain interest. [Dec 2014, p.75]
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Oct 30, 2014As soon as they figure out that they don't have to lift wholesale chunks of inspiration from any of their heroes in order to make their point, they may find a way to more creatively harness their '90s worship. Until then, Lifer has just enough life of its own.
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Dec 9, 2014As they spend the album working their way through a handful of loosely related styles, Lifer carries with it the feel of a mix of like-minded groups rather than that of a cohesive whole.
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