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- Summary: The first full-length studio release from Scottish rock band Primal Scream since 2016's Chaosmosis was produced by David Holmes.
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- Record Label: Universal Music
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 9 out of 15
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Mixed: 5 out of 15
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Negative: 1 out of 15
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Nov 7, 2024Ultimately, though, ‘Come Ahead’ may have a whole lot of funk on its surface but still packs oodles of punk and grenades of protest in its trunk.
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Nov 8, 2024Gillespie has never quite had the voice to match his colossal ‘tude. But he can still channel the back-alley menace of a truant teen.
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Nov 12, 2024A group refusing to stand still, this is another chapter in a band priding themselves on forward movement while celebrating their storied past.
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Nov 13, 2024Overall, Come Ahead turned out one of the most encompassing affairs in the group’s discography. The attention to detail paid off and there’s enough cohesiveness too. Nevertheless, Gillespie’s redundant voice and lyrics are often too angular, but that’s the hit and miss element all Primal Scream’s full lengths share.
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Nov 13, 2024For fans who hopped off the bus, Come Ahead is interesting enough to hop back in. It’s also good enough for newcomers who may have discovered Primal Scream via Dua Lipa’s endorsement of “Loaded,” or Gillespie’s participation in one of the past decade’s better memes.
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Nov 12, 2024The band’s first album in eight years, its brittle plastic funk and syrupy ballads are offset by meaty riffs and disco beats, but that makes musically for a somewhat jarring listen – especially from a band who have always been renowned for sonic cohesion.
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Nov 4, 2024It would take a hell of a reinvention to pull back Primal Scream from this stinking brink. Come Ahead is a record that fails, fatally, to recognise that Bobby Gillespie was always Primal Scream’s least compelling element.