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- Summary: The fourth full-length release for the Detroit post-punk band led by Joe Casey was produced with Sonny DiPerri and its first on the Domino label.
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- Record Label: Domino
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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| To create, pass on What's mine, now yours Written in stone, no longer in sand I'm gone All mine for yours To give all to My children Ain't got no... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 25 out of 25
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Mixed: 0 out of 25
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Negative: 0 out of 25
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Sep 28, 2017A slow-burn apocalypse of ennui and injustice crackles through the sensational fourth album from these Detroit post-punks.
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Sep 26, 2017Their quality of music and precision is outstanding, and while referencing so many of our favourite artists from eras been and gone, they perform and compose in a new light with such integrity that makes them a step above the rest.
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Sep 27, 2017A belief in the everyday people carrying on pushes Relatives in Descent beyond petty complaint, and closer towards perseverance and warmth.
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UncutSep 26, 2017Singer Joe Casey tacks flattened vocals to songs that move with a bristling crawl and occasionally explode into repressed fury. [Nov 2016, p.35]
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Sep 29, 2017A dystopian, focused pessimism that sounds (unfortunately) exactly like the world outside, but doesn’t sound quite like another band on the planet. A perfect soundtrack to nagging doubts and creeping realisations.
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Q MagazineSep 27, 2017Their fourth LP is their best yet. [Nov 2017, p.112]
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Oct 2, 2017When it works, it’s brilliant as ever; when it doesn’t, it can feel unknowable, disjointed, a series of red herrings taking the approximate shape of a song.
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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Sep 29, 2017
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Nov 2, 2017
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Aug 16, 2018Clearly one of the most under-rated band today and one of few Rock band now... It's raw, melodic, surprising.... I can't wait to see them live.
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Oct 12, 2017
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