Album Reviews8.9/10
Mannequin Pussy Commit Fully to Their Contradictions on ‘I Got Heaven’
Mannequin Pussy's I Got Heaven fuses hardcore punk rage with power-pop hooks for their most precise, brutal record yet.
CLAY TRIBUNE / THE ARCHIVE
Tag: punk rock
Album Reviews8/10
Amyl and the Sniffers Stretch Past the Mosh Pit on Cartoon Darkness
Amyl and the Sniffers push past pure punk on Cartoon Darkness, mixing pop hooks and vulnerability with their raw snarl.
Album Reviews8.8/10
IDLES’ ‘Joy as an Act of Resistance’ Turns Rage Into Something Tender
IDLES turn rage into release on Joy as an Act of Resistance, a fierce, funny, tender punk record about modern Britain.
Album Reviews8/10
A Decade Later, The Bouncing Souls’ ‘Simplicity’ Earns Its 8/10 by Wasting None of Its 29 Minutes
The Bouncing Souls return to quick, short songs on their new record, a swift turn back to what once made them work.
Album Reviews10/10
How The Clash Packed Punk, Reggae, Ska and Rockabilly Into One Double Album That Still Sounds Restless 47 Years On
A band stares down ruin and turns fury into song: London Calling stands as fire that will not be tamed by time.
Album Reviews5.8/10
On Comet, the Bouncing Souls Split the Difference Between Punk Roots and Softer Songcraft
The Bouncing Souls' tenth record, a short album of quiet ambition and old fire, weighed song by song against its own long shadow.
Album Reviews7/10
16 Songs, 26 Minutes, No Wasted Seconds: The Bouncing Souls’ Self-Titled Statement
A swift, forceful record named for the band itself: many songs in mere minutes, no second wasted proving it belongs.
Album Reviews9.2/10
Pure Forward Motion: The Bouncing Souls’ ‘How I Spent My Summer Vacation’ at 25
Songs done quick, thirty minutes total, nothing wasted, one band asking nothing of your mind but joy.
Album Reviews9.5/10
The ’59 Sound at 18: Not a Weak Song on It — 9.5/10
A record of car radios and dead friends, twelve songs long, not one wasted upon the ear.
Album Reviews9/10
Maniacal Laughter: 23 Minutes, Nothing Wasted — 9/10
Twelve songs, 23 minutes, nothing wasted: an old review of The Bouncing Souls' Maniacal Laughter, judged anew.