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  • Summary: The third full-length release for the Los Angeles-based hard rock trio was recorded by Tim Green.
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  1. Jun 13, 2019
    90
    No Keys cracks the code with a quantum leap forward in songwriting, as well as relying on few to no gimmicks. This is no-frills rock and roll. ... They work the riff-heavy blues-rock template to their advantage, creating a masterpiece of instantly lovable hard rock.
  2. Jun 13, 2019
    80
    As promising as Dommengang's first two albums were, No Keys, with its dark, swirling emotions, layered sound, and canny songwriting, stands head and shoulders above them in both imagination and execution.
  3. Jun 13, 2019
    80
    No Keys again has no indelible riffs, but it doesn’t seem to be missing them anymore. Instead Dommengang goes deep into the abyss of buzz and croon and humming mystery and finds something beautiful, maybe what they were looking for the whole time.
  4. Uncut
    Jun 13, 2019
    70
    At its best it feels emblematic of California: merging a sunny disposition with the hard, ragged terrain of the desert. [Aug 2019, p.29]
  5. The Wire
    Jul 11, 2019
    70
    “Stir The Sea” coasts on a choice yowly blues metal riff, but teased out slow jams like “Arcurlarius – Burke” are equally their forte. The vocal resemblance of Brian Markham and Meat Puppets’ Curt Kirkwood helps crystallise a bubbling under comparison with the latter, although Dommengang aren’t in The Puppets’ league when it comes to ingenuity or, frankly, personality. [Aug 2019, p.64]
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