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  • Summary: A majority of the debut full-length release for the Scottish rock band was recorded over five days in March 2020.
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  • Record Label: Upset the Rhythm
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. May 19, 2021
    80
    The Power Of Rocks is a deceptively calm affair, so feel free to roll up your jeans and wade in. Just brace yourself for how crisp and punchy you might find it initially, because it takes a while to get acclimatised. But once you are, you’ll want to dive down to its murkiest depths.
  2. May 19, 2021
    71
    The lightness of touch and tone on The Power of Rocks imbues it all with an easy energy.
  3. May 19, 2021
    70
    There are two distinct types of songs on The Power of Rocks: the herky-jerky, dada-ist contraptions described in the first two paragraphs and a sort of luminous dream pop that might remind you of the Green Child.
  4. Uncut
    Jun 23, 2021
    70
    It’s an album packed with leftfield ideas and off-kilter lyrical narratives seemingly fashioned in fever dreams. [Aug 2021, p.24]
  5. May 19, 2021
    60
    Taken together, The Power of Rocks is a pleasantly puckish jumble -- which in this case may well mean mission accomplished.
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  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. Jul 18, 2021
    8
    To put it short: this album is very Captain Beefheart-inspired; but unique enough to not be a blatant copycat. My least favorite track is "HeTo put it short: this album is very Captain Beefheart-inspired; but unique enough to not be a blatant copycat. My least favorite track is "He Wore Two Hats," and my favorites are every track. This is pretty good. Sorry for this very bastardized review; I don't have much to say about this album, that's all. Expand