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- Summary: The fifth full-length studio release for the Danish post-punk band was produced with Nis Bysted and Sonic Boom.
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- Record Label: Mexican Summer
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 16 out of 16
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Mixed: 0 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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May 6, 2021It’s a huge, sprawling Britpop epic that evokes The Verve, Oasis and even U2 in its scope and power. There are walls of guitars, layers of backing vocals, thunderous percussive blasts.
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May 6, 2021Seek Shelter is an album that surges irrepressibly from the outset and peaks at regular intervals over the course of its nine pieces. It represents Iceage’s most studied body of work to date.
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May 7, 2021Even at its most sophisticated, Seek Shelter retains Iceage’s restless spirit.
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MojoMay 5, 2021Throughout Seek Shelter delivers the sort of ragged MC5/Stooges/Stones cocktail Primal Scream have spent a career trying to nail. [Jun 2021, p.85]
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May 6, 2021A rollercoaster ride of diverse influences, the album takes us everywhere from nods to the freewheeling indie rock of ‘90s Jesus and Mary Chain (‘Dear Saint Cecilia’) to glossy, sixties-inflected love letters (‘Drink Rain’), via handsome, string-backed introspection (‘Love Kills Slowly’) and, on the standout ‘High & Hurt’, there’s a thrilling rework at the midpoint of the classic hymn ‘Will the Circle Be Unbroken?’ that imbues it with moody menace.
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May 6, 2021Seek Shelter is ultimately less effective in its catchiness and sheer force, considering its occasionally clunky sequences, but Iceage attempting to write songs of unprecedented magnitude this far into their career is admirable. The album’s greatest triumph is its finale, “The Holding Hand,” which plays to their tension-building strengths.
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May 7, 2021Ultimately, this record is a triumph for the band, born out of strange times, and although it may not be their best, their blend of bitter and sweet still rings true.
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Positive: 5 out of 5
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Mixed: 0 out of 5
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Negative: 0 out of 5
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May 15, 2021
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May 31, 2021
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Sep 3, 2021I love all the songs and sounds but everything is mixed too loud. It makes the songs feel cramped. Would be a 9 with toned back mix.
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Oct 3, 2021
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Sep 5, 2021
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