Play With Fire
by L.A. Witch
Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
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  1. The Line of Best Fit
    Aug 21, 2020
    85
    L.A. Witch has managed to capture lightning in a bottle with enough space for you to stand back and observe without getting singed.
  2. Q Magazine
    Aug 21, 2020
    80
    Play With Fire is the perfect length: straight in and straight out, leaving you wondering just where that knife wound came from. [Sep 2020, p.109]
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  3. Mojo
    Aug 21, 2020
    80
    Reveals a confident desert punk classicism. [Sep 2020, p.94]
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  5. Beats Per Minute
    Aug 21, 2020
    72
    Raging with a steady purr, Play With Fire might be an obvious follow-up to their 2017 debut—but that doesn’t mean it’s any less powerful or interesting. The LP sees L.A. Witch solidifying their status as the cursed love children of Black Sabbath and The Shangri-Las.
  6. Classic Rock Magazine
    Aug 21, 2020
    70
    It’s mood music for people who have not been taking their prescriptions (all of us, I reckon), and it’s full of bruised beauty.

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  1. BusterMungus
    Mar 22, 2023
    0
    Not since I first discovered Tav Falco and Panther Burns have I felt that a band was coming close to being shambolic . . . LA Witch brings youNot since I first discovered Tav Falco and Panther Burns have I felt that a band was coming close to being shambolic . . . LA Witch brings you right to the edge without disintegrating. Sure, they play to their influences such as the Cramps and Gun Club amongst other late 70s & 1980s artists, but they never ape them, rather they build on their achievements and spit out a mix of bluesy, psychedelic, almost tribal anthems.… Full Review »