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  • Summary: The debut full-length release from New York City-based experimental rock quartet YHWH Nailgun was produced and mixed by band member, Saguiv Rosenstock.
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  1. Mar 21, 2025
    90
    This is a deeply original debut from a raw, ambitious band, one whose post-industrial urbane quality (check out this awesome video of them playing in an abandoned New York tunnel) provides it with a terrific sense of place and texture.
  2. Mar 26, 2025
    85
    Tough, impressive, astonishingly good debut.
  3. Mar 26, 2025
    83
    One wonders how the band would navigate longer, more involved compositions. For now, we can enjoy their succinct yet impressive debut, as they raise the hardcore bar, mixing fury and a penchant for well-informed experimentation.
  4. Mar 21, 2025
    80
    Whether they burn out sooner or stick around long enough to become cult heroes, 45 Pounds is the kind of record that will leave a mark—on your eardrums, on your nerves, on your ability to process sound in a rational manner.
  5. Mar 21, 2025
    80
    Punk-funk has long been a part of New York, but this feels like an evolutionary leap for the style.
  6. Mar 21, 2025
    80
    45 Pounds is a grotesque, eccentric, 21-minute reverie of feels-bad-man doom music. These 10 songs are uncomfortable, foolish and, above all, brassy.
  7. Apr 8, 2025
    75
    With Zack Borzone’s eerie vocal delivery and a relentless wall of sound, YHWH Nailgun has crafted a debut that’s as disorienting as it is captivating.

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