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MagnetAug 12, 2015The Membranes take on heady stuff. [No. 123, p.61]
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Jul 6, 2015When ambition is your only criticism, you know you’re probably onto something quite special.
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MojoJul 28, 2015An epic, cataclysmic set playing host to moments of magnificent Strum-und-Drang. [Sep 2015, p.92]
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Jul 13, 2015Wild, weird and wonderful, Dark Matter/Dark Energy is a lysergic punk triumph.
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Jul 2, 2015Dark Matter/Dark Energy is the sound of a band that's acutely self-aware of its own legacy and where it fits in on the cultural landscape. Crucially, it doesn't attempt to be something that it's not and the honesty contained within is one of the album's greatest strengths.
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Jul 2, 2015These fourteen songs bob and weave, rise and fall and generally make a first class racket in the best way possible.
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Jul 7, 2015Dark Matter/Dark Energy is a potent reminder that Robb and his collaborators are still finding their way into the heart of darkness (which isn't too far from their hometown), and sending back compelling reports of what they've seen and heard.
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Jul 2, 2015The Membranes’ first album in 26 years is an extraordinary comeback.
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Q MagazineJul 2, 2015It's pretty good. Production values have been upped in the intervening period but rather than smooth out their edges, they only serve to accentuate their fierce, angular approach. [Aug 2015, p.110]
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Jul 2, 2015The album’s momentum admittedly falters on less essential tracks such as the dub-infused, 10-minute sprawl of In The Graveyard, but it’s soon regained on Do The Supernova and the defiant 21st Century Man.