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Feb 21, 2022Cathartic and confident, Prey//IV releases her pain with a diamond-like strength and clarity that is entirely her own.
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Feb 18, 2022An astoundingly honest, and at times brutal, listen, ‘PREY//IV’ still ends on a note of hope.
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Feb 16, 2022On the whole, PREY//IV expresses a dance-when-you're-sad energy that Glass and Kath never quite achieved with Crystal Castles, and that Kath and Glass stand-in Edith Frances have yet to capture since the enigmatic former frontwoman's departure.
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Feb 16, 2022Longtime Glass fans might observe parallels between PREY//IV’s sound and the music of the band in which she was emotionally abused. In continuing to explore that group’s abrasive, icy sound, she reclaims the power that her abuser attempted to steal from her. And in collaborating with her partner Jupiter io, formerly of noise-pop band HEALTH, she brings her own softer, foggier edge to the blistering rave music with which she’s often associated.
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Feb 17, 2022'PREY//IV' is not simply music to listen to: it’s an attempt to communicate genuine pain in ways that simply aren’t possible through a written statement posted online. Little surprise, then, that the lyrics go for the jugular on occasion (“You taste like rotten meat”; “Are you picturing my insides outside of me?”). However, they’re at their most effective when their visceral imagery gives way to narratives of coercion and control, as it does on 'FAIR GAME'
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Feb 16, 2022‘PREY//IV’ does not shy away from Alice’s story; instead, its imagery is violent and visceral, with portraits of isolation (‘PINNED BENEATH LIMBS’) and self harm (‘BABY TEETH’) riddled throughout an album defined by a sort of constant itchiness, a wish to rid itself of trauma by occupying it so fully.
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Feb 16, 2022While the choice to end Prey//IV with its most downcast song might feel like a relinquishing of the power that Glass has claimed, it grounds the album’s brutality in reality, poignantly reminding us that this is a document of Glass’s lived experiences.
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Feb 23, 2022On PREY//IV, Glass finds a voice that was silenced and distorted by abuse and manipulation; if anything, her first solo full-length can feel overwhelming, boiling over with so many vocal and musical experiments that don’t always cohere.
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Feb 21, 2022PREY//IV sounds like Crystal Castles, but it isn’t a copy of their three albums. This is how they would have progressed, taking influence from FKA twigs and Arca amongst others.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 14
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Mixed: 1 out of 14
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Negative: 2 out of 14
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Feb 16, 2022This album made me feel a lot of sensations I can't even describe, album of the year for me!
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Feb 17, 2022Faixas Essenciais: PREY, BABY TEETH, THE HUNTED, Ótimo Disco, achei bastante conceitual.
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Feb 17, 2022Alice, tu merece o mundo todinho
Te amo de montão. Ouçam, ouçam, OUÇAM ALICE GLASS
STREAM ALICE GLASS!