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Nov 27, 2017Her ability on both sides of the mixing deck is on full display throughout Losing, and her latest work strengthens her case as a supremely talented songwriter and producer.
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Nov 15, 2017The band might not have developed their sound, but they have made their feelings more explicit. Although there is bubbling rage to the group, there is still a comfort they bring to their listeners. The variation of vocals and instrumentation from high to low show a dynamic that is not easily attainable.
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Nov 2, 2017Growing up is hard but Bully make it sound exhilarating.
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Oct 24, 2017Bully's newfound vulnerability and over-earnestness ("unproductivity haunts me!") creates a wedge between them and their cynicism-prone Nineties influences. By delving inward, they carve a path forward.
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Q MagazineOct 24, 2017Alicia Bognanno's diary-like vocals still slide from ingenue-like to raging screams and back again but now her delivery is a little more taut. It makes the bits where she loses control feel very real. [Dec 2017, p.102]
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Oct 24, 2017Like Smashing Pumpkins did at their peak, Bully tease dimensionality out of their music by emphasizing the similarity, and then the space, between Bognanno’s voice and the guitars that squall around her.
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Oct 20, 2017With the world often seeming like a bleakly real episode of Black Mirror these days, Losing--a record that expresses the paralysing feeling of helpless that comes from watching it all unfold--is both timely and cathartic.
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Oct 20, 2017Even at that short running time, Losing’s 12 songs start to blur together toward the end, but the album’s many charms keep that from becoming a liability.
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Oct 20, 2017Lyrically, she’s never been better. Vocally, never more dynamic. Those two alone should make for another breakout record, but unfortunately, the core of the band is left faint, robbing the music of the pulsating energy and raw sensation that initially made Bully such a head-turner. Thankfully, Bognanno’s voice and words are more than enough to carry a record.
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Oct 19, 2017Suffice to say, Alicia Bognanno is in her prime as a musician, songwriter, and producer, and somehow comes out of Losing better than before, proving herself as one of the most consistent and impressive artists of the decade.
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UncutOct 19, 2017An album of grungy, earnest rock that pivots from deluges of Hole-inspired chaos to more restrained, melodic fare. [Nov 2017, p.24]
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Positive: 6 out of 10
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Mixed: 2 out of 10
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Negative: 2 out of 10
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May 24, 2019This reminds me of all the terrible bands from the mid 90s that tried to cash in on the grunge craze my god this is really really really bad.
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Oct 21, 2017