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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

  • Summary: The fifth full-length release for the Mike Patton-led band that includes Duane Denison, John Stanier, and Trevor Dunn was co-produced with Paul Allen.
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  1. Mar 26, 2021
    83
    Another strong record worthy of their consistent discography. Longtime fans will find plenty to enjoy on Tonic Immobility. The supergroup’s musical personality remains intact.
  2. Mar 26, 2021
    80
    ‘Tonic Immobility’ establishes a consistently immersive pull into a world that you don’t want to be in, but that you can’t quite escape.
  3. Mar 26, 2021
    80
    This is an album that’s compelling and will leave you hanging onto your headphones to see what’s coming next.
  4. The Wire
    Apr 5, 2021
    80
    Tomahawk – a band that have very much prided themselves on their messiness and incoherency – have made perhaps their most cogent record yet. [Apr 2021, p.64]
  5. Mar 26, 2021
    70
    If you liked the pound and grind of Tomahawk’s self-titled LP or 2003’s explosive Mit Gas, or, better yet, past work from Denison, there’s stuff to like here.
  6. Mar 29, 2021
    68
    It’s a competent album, fun and succinct enough for a worthwhile playthrough but too full of yesterday’s novelty to shrug off the why here? why now? concerns destined to orbit any comeback record. Individual listeners will find their own ways to make peace with this, but I struggle to view it as more than a back-to-basics top-up from an act that had very little to prove. Blessed and cursed with a handful of the most talented names in rock, it’s equal parts a welcome return and a missed opportunity.
  7. Mojo
    Apr 27, 2021
    60
    There's precious little subtlety, but plenty of brutish hooks. [Jun 2021, p.88]
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