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  • Summary: The second full-length release for the North Carolina rock sextet was produced by Oakley Munson of the Black Lips.
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  • Record Label: New West
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Garage Rock Revival
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
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  1. Oct 1, 2020
    80
    Midnight Manor is a chooglin' good time. The album holds true to that classic Nude Party sound; there's a direct sense of growth in its tone, without losing that flavor of personality that makes the Nude Party the characters that they are.
  2. Oct 1, 2020
    80
    The Nude Party’s strong 2018 debut found the sextet knocking loudly on the door. With Midnight Manor, they kick it off its hinges. ... The result is undeniably an impressive overshadowing of that debut album.
  3. 80
    The songs are brash, boisterous and flush with an energy level that aptly reflects a seemingly preternatural zeal and enthusiasm.
  4. Mojo
    Oct 1, 2020
    80
    The follow-up packs a whole heap more precision ramalama. ... Top class. [Nov 2020, p.86]
  5. Oct 2, 2020
    80
    ‘Midnight Manor’ is dripping with exuberant charm; The Nude Party might throw back to the past, but there’s clearly some very present ambition here too.
  6. Oct 2, 2020
    80
    The resulting follow-up, Midnight Manor, finds the six-piece still cranking out riff-fueled, freewheeling rock jams about booze and women (and the music industry). ... Filler-free album.
  7. 70
    The band started with a really strong debut album, but Midnight Manor somehow takes this to new heights. You’ll hear the Stones, you’ll hear Lou Reed, you’ll even hear a bit of Alice Cooper in there - and you’ll come away having connected with a new, intensely fulfilling sense of cool.