• Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Jul 24, 2015
Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
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  1. Jul 21, 2015
    84
    With their excellent full-length debut, this savage young trio offers a stiff reminder of those bygone halcyon days when Chad Channing drummed for Nirvana instead of Dave Grohl.
  2. 75
    Unhealthy though it may be, the pain expressed certainly produced a great debut.
  3. Jul 29, 2015
    70
    They have plenty to make them stand out from the crowd. The legacy of Seattle grunge is alive and well and being extended in the hands of Strange Wilds.
  4. Jul 24, 2015
    70
    It's not unfair to say Strange Wilds are a bit derivative, but they also do right by their influences, and they unleash a cranked-up onslaught that's tight and ferocious, with a judicious use of dynamics and an effective application of the traditional cheap Fender guitar run through the right effects boxes.
  5. Jul 24, 2015
    70
    This is a bruising, effective set, whatever the year may be, and one that really could only have come from one place.
  6. Jul 22, 2015
    70
    Their Northwest hardcore sound may be derivative, but it represents the tendencies of its origins with convincing force, as their unrefined grunge tones and twangs almost make Subjective Concepts feel like an overlooked album from back in the day.
  7. 70
    They build a monumental wall of hardcore noise on 'Egophillia', before taking a wrecking ball to it and screaming wildly into the mess. Elsewhere, there are tight grooves on ‘Disdain’ and ‘Terrible’, and the guttural riffs on 'Starved For’ offer plenty for bleeding gums to gnaw on.
  8. Jul 22, 2015
    64
    They are a powerful outfit, and Subjective Concepts is cohesive and fierce.

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