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Generally favorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings
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Oct 26, 2022Stumpwork is a masterpiece! Hard to believe that it's only been just over a year ago that they've released New Long Leg and so quickly they present us with a new album which moves their writing so far without compromising what makes them one of a kind.
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Oct 21, 2022So good. If you liked New Long Leg you’ll like this. Expands upon their sound musically, but keeps what makes them great.
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Nov 4, 2022Lyrically, Stumpwork triumphs over anything produced by their contemporaries, but that might have been to the detriment of the music, which bravely evades the instrumental vitality of their debut. But it is an album rooted in grief – specifically the grief that comes from losing a loved one – and with that knowledge, Stumpwork suddenly makes a lot more sense.
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Oct 25, 2022With Shaw’s vocals as the pivot, Dowse, Maynard and Buxton flex, weave and dance around her, resulting in a nuanced listen that extends the band way beyond their pigeonhole of “post-punk.” Hard to pinpoint where Dry Cleaning belong now, which can only be a good thing.
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Oct 25, 2022Shaw’s real strength lies not in her surrealism but in the way her best lines reach toward eternal truths about the small ways humans survive, like the arrival of a shoe organizer in the mail distracting her from the dysfunction of late-capitalist rot.