Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 21
  2. Negative: 0 out of 21
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  1. Aug 30, 2019
    60
    There are songs here that will stand with some of Ezra Furman’s best work (“I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend” and “Calm Down”) but sometimes its rapid-fire pace makes you wish for that little bit more space.
  2. Aug 27, 2019
    60
    He maintains his voice, his melodic instinct and knack for presenting raw emotional landscapes without ever slipping into self-pity or losing his sense of humour. However, in throwing himself into the garage rock mould he loses the loose relationship with genre that allowed the twitchy dynamism of his best work.
  3. Aug 26, 2019
    60
    At 11 songs (yes, the title is a trick) and just over 25 minutes, it all makes for a short, sharp, exhilarating blast, closing with the question we’re all asking as things fall apart: What Can You Do But Rock’n’Roll?
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. Sep 5, 2019
    7
    Furman's intriguingly screechy vocal delivery, amalgamating Jack White doing his best Johnny Rotten impression with a gritty, Jagger-esqueFurman's intriguingly screechy vocal delivery, amalgamating Jack White doing his best Johnny Rotten impression with a gritty, Jagger-esque howl shooting for glam metal heights, gives a shot of energy and adrenaline to passable but largely unremarkable instrumentation. Barring the plodding, floor-shaking "Trauma" and the doo-wop infused "I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend", the album is consistently at its most interesting and entertaining when aping the ferocious garage punk of The Hives and The White Stripes, though you could always do worse when it comes to influences.

    Choice Cuts:
    "Trauma", "I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend", "In America"
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  2. Sep 1, 2019
    7
    Não apresenta muita diferença em relação a outras bandas do gênero, mas é bem produzido e nos remete ao rock dos anos 50.