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- Summary: The eighth full-length studio release from the Washington D.C psychedelic indie rock band features guest appearances from former members: Mark Laughlin, Stephen McCarty, and Cory Shane.
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- Record Label: Xemu
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia
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Mar 30, 2018So, while this represents not exactly business as usual, but definitely still in the office, it does mean Dead Meadow have managed to sustain their identity for over two decades now--comfortably their longest, sludgiest achievement to date.
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Mar 30, 2018Wiry but not without weight, The Nothing They Need conveys an increasingly efficient model of Dead Meadow, saying its piece in eight unhurried, hash-hued visions.
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Mar 30, 2018Seventeen years into their recording career, Dead Meadow sound as primal and potent as ever on The Nothing They Need, a notion that ought to cheer them up. But don't count on it.
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Apr 3, 2018There’s nothing new or surprising here, but that doesn’t matter. The Nothing They Need is an album that works best when it simply washes over you.
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Classic Rock MagazineJun 8, 2018Although these notes from an underground that was basically dug 50 years ago, they crackle wit contemporary need. [Jun 2018, p.88]
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UncutMar 30, 2018Conceived to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary and features everybody who has ever recorded with the band, which basically means they called in a bunch of old drummers to thump out a backing rhythm for Jason Simon and Steve Kille's incessant groove, snarl and swing on choice tracks like "Here With The Hawk" and "Nobody Home." [May 2018, p.27]