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Jun 16, 2014Pink still remains Boris’ best record, and the best entry-point into their staggering catalogue. But Noise is the best album since that, a staggering, cathartic masterpiece that won’t have much competition in terms of quality in 2014.
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Classic Rock MagazineDec 18, 2014Boris are still finding new ways to discomfort, disorient, and discombobulate. [Summer 2014, p.92]
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Jun 23, 2014With the exception of the very syrupy Taiyo No Baka, (an apparently "dark" song despite its relatively chipper demeanor), Noise fuses the best aspects of every genre Boris tackles, perpetuating their evolution with the promise of aggressiveness, distortion and all things wonderfully “loud.”
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Jun 16, 2014Tthe songs on Noise all fit nicely and naturally into a well-considered larger statement, making it one of Boris' most captivating and all-encompassing efforts in their abundant and colorful oeuvre.
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Jun 16, 2014As an example of Boris at their best, it’s hard to top, but this is an album that finds the band in particularly rude health. Noise never sounded so good.
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Jun 17, 2014As both look back and a step forward, it serves as a possible gateway album, and more intriguingly, it hints at a new chapter in the band’s chameleonic career through which all their scattered points of reference might operate in beautiful, deadly unison.
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Jul 9, 2014Noise is probably Boris’ most accessible record to date, and the overall feeling is that it has, once again, managed to mould its inspiration while remaining quintessentially “Boris”.
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UncutJun 16, 2014Noise, which might frustrate hardcore types because despite the promise of its title--delivered via speed-metal monster "Quicksiler" and 18-minute, FX-strafed-epic, "Angel"--it leans on their melodic shoegazing tendencies. [Jul 2014, p.70]
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Jun 16, 2014Noise is another impressive addition to Boris' expansive catalog of experimental rock.
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Jun 17, 2014It’s worth the ride, even if the bland, six-minute intro feels like so much pseudo-epic throat-clearing.
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The WireJul 21, 2014It's certainly big, but it's less clear if it's clever. [Jun 2014, p.60]
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Kerrang!Jul 18, 2014Boris often sound like they're fashioning a facsimile of a style rather than engaging with it fully. [14 Jun 2014, p.53]
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Jun 16, 2014heir lighter moments can be a bit cringeworthy--too earnest by half--but when they go slow and heavy, they’re unfuckwithable.
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Jun 25, 2014This panoply of styles is both the most impressive and the most frustrating thing about Noise, the result being that only at select moments do they approach the majesty, the fists-pounding-the-ground righteousness that many have come to associate them with.