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  • Summary: The two-track EP is part of the punk band's "Chinese Zodiac" EP series and features guest vocals from Isla Craig on its 21-minute title song.
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  • Record Label: Deathwish Inc.
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival
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  1. Jun 16, 2015
    100
    This is music in its purest, most experimental form. This is a record which doesn’t make sense, because it doesn’t have to.
  2. Jul 20, 2015
    90
    It’s sheer exuberance and brilliance in equal force.
  3. 80
    Hare’s both sides show that in fact, the door of Glass Boys was just what they needed. With their past now packed away, they can essentially do whatever they want and their inherent Fucked Up-ness will still shine through.
  4. Jun 16, 2015
    70
    Year of the Hare is best recommended to fans who already have a grasp of Fucked Up's more esoteric moments--beginners should try 2011's David Comes to Life or 2014's Glass Boys--but this is still smart, lively, and thoroughly individual music from one of the most free-thinking bands to emerge from the punk rock underground.
  5. Aug 12, 2015
    60
    It’s the band’s plainest meta-record yet: a recording that calls deliberate attention to its own materiality as a recording.
  6. Kerrang!
    Jun 18, 2015
    60
    Year Of The Hare might need multiple listens, but if you can spare the time, you just might uncover it's secret. [20 Jun 2015, p.52]
  7. Magnet
    Jul 8, 2015
    40
    This laudable open-mindedness [to try anything] may have finally backfired. [No. 122, p.55]

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