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Sep 15, 2017Handling pop punch with the same rightful care as punk rebellion, Sløtface aren’t indebted to any of their touchstones. Instead they’re mashing them to new, distinctive effect.
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Kerrang!Sep 15, 2017While pulling no punches in discussing anxiety or uncertainty, their sparky indie punk still evokes sunny days and exhilarating nights. [16 Sep 2017, p.52]
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Sep 14, 2017As the album unfolds, the band continue to nail the balance between rebellious anthems and cutting social commentary.
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Sep 13, 2017Aat only just in their twenties, they’re still wracked with as much uncertain as they self-assure; a dichotomy conveyed perfectly across Try Not to Freak Out, and something which makes the record both ballsy, and utterly irresistable.
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Sep 13, 2017Sløtface’s songs reach out to a disenfranchised youth, much like the pop-punk bands that dominated the airwaves in the late 90s and early 00s did. Although the band members may be too young to remember that time, they are doing a good job of making those who can nostalgic for it.
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Sep 13, 2017As a whole, Try Not To Freak Out is a joyful blast, a John Hughes soundtrack on steroids that never loses its sunny disposition.
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Sep 13, 2017Try Not To Freak Out is a solid rock record throughout.
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Sep 15, 2017The Norwegian four-piece manage to be both a throwback and something refreshingly forward looking as a result.
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Sep 21, 2017Sløtface are a pleasing antidote to the cluster of guitar bands being peddled in the UK, drawing more on the grunge of Wolf Alice or the Riot Grrrl attitude of Sleater Kinney. In some cases they try too hard to sound cool.
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Sep 18, 2017Songs like Pitted, meanwhile--which finds sweet-voiced singer Haley Shea giving props to Beyoncé, “doing [her] Hotline Bling thing” and wigging out to Bohemian Rhapsody--prove Sløtface are up for a party as well as polemic.
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Sep 14, 2017Try Not To Freak Out is a decent album, but on the whole, there’s really not a great deal to say about it, unfortunately.