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Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 31 Ratings

  • Summary: The noise punk band led by Meredith Graves releases a full-length follow-up to its 2013's four-track EP, I Have Lost All Desire For Feeling.
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  • Record Label: Captured Tracks
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Punk/New Wave, Hardcore Punk, Punk Revival
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Watch me, I'm kicking the wall I'll break through it before I go And leave a hole my shape in everything you know Death comes last to the... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 25
  2. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. 100
    This is music that operates at full force at all times.
  2. Mar 17, 2014
    86
    It doesn’t feel corny or hyperbolic to call this record life-affirming, so perfectly does it capture the flashes of gratitude, self-knowledge, and inexplicable joy that often follow an experience of great pain.
  3. Mar 13, 2014
    80
    At a succinct length, the album does exactly what it needs to do without a second to spare.
  4. Mar 24, 2014
    80
    Say Yes To Love feels like a purging, 20-odd minutes of urgent expulsion that leaves you feeling exhausted, elated and renewed.
  5. Mar 19, 2014
    75
    Their thorny noise pit might occlude itself to many listeners--it’s not pretty, and it’s not for everyone. Those who recognize themselves in the havoc, though, will find themselves nesting there for a long while to come.
  6. Mar 17, 2014
    70
    Say Yes to Love is a potently wrought 22 minutes of febrile noise-punk that contains enough in the way of hook and subtle invention amidst its familiar battery to stand up on its own feet.
  7. Mar 12, 2014
    50
    Say Yes to Love gets bogged down in some questionably drawn-out experimentation toward the end, but that can't undo the face-peeling impact of its first 15 minutes.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. Mar 18, 2014
    9
    Glorious radical madness pervades this entire album. If you like noise with some "truth" get this! This punk siren is not always discernable -Glorious radical madness pervades this entire album. If you like noise with some "truth" get this! This punk siren is not always discernable - it's like noise language. Think Sleater-Kinney on speed. (Or not.) Expand
  2. Mar 31, 2014
    5
    The music has a lot of energy, which is always expected (and appreciated) in a punk rock album. Tons of noise and nearly-unhearable lyrics isThe music has a lot of energy, which is always expected (and appreciated) in a punk rock album. Tons of noise and nearly-unhearable lyrics is also expected, but it went a little too far here. I don't know what the lyrics are talking about at all. I couldn't make out the words. I even went online searching for them, but didn't find any.

    This is a pretty mixed album.
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  3. Apr 23, 2014
    5
    It's "aight". Decent noise and punk rock here. This LP does showcase some influences from good bands like Melt Banana, Times New Viking andIt's "aight". Decent noise and punk rock here. This LP does showcase some influences from good bands like Melt Banana, Times New Viking and Smell. These influences also find their way into the production and recording processes as well. Sounds great on paper, but very little variety here, especially with the vocals and guitar riffs. The low-fi nature also really holds it back and suffocates the tracks at their loud points. Expand
  4. Oct 8, 2014
    0
    Really bad noise-punk. Unintelligible and grating. Punk music in general kind of sucks, but this is the worst kind. If not for a female singerReally bad noise-punk. Unintelligible and grating. Punk music in general kind of sucks, but this is the worst kind. If not for a female singer and provocative band name there would be nothing to separate this from countless garage bands. Collapse