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- Summary: The second full-length release from electronic noise rock band Mandy, Indiana features a guest appearance by billy woods.
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- Record Label: Sacred Bones
- Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Noise-Rock
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Feb 5, 2026Powered by Macdougall’s incredible versatility and Caulfield’s staccato delivery, many of their songs are alive with an addictively free, bodily lope, which is often stalled by squalling winds and thrashing noise: threat lurking around every corner.
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Feb 9, 2026With URGH, Mandy, Indiana have crafted the first great album of 2026, one that rewards with each exhausting listen. In a time of crisis and uncertainty, URGH is not merely cathartic: it's exorcistic.
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Feb 5, 2026URGH is both headier and more visceral than anything Mandy, Indiana have made before. This isn’t body music or brain music; it’s spine music, homed in on the bony junction where mind meets matter.
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Feb 4, 2026Whether shouting over martial drums, whispering behind thick, smoky synths or rapping against a razorwire guitar, URGH is an exercise in harrowing noise; unapologetically visceral and all the better for it.
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Feb 9, 2026An intense, serious record. Call it what you want, but in the hands of Mandy, Indiana words like ‘genre’ and ‘style’ feel utterly redundant.
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Feb 5, 2026Developed over a rough couple of years for the band, with both singer Valentine Caulfield and drummer Alex Macdougall battling sickness and enduring multiple rounds of surgery, it nevertheless arrives sounding invigorated and defiant.
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The WireFeb 24, 2026They're still worth rooting for just about but mileage -may vary. [Mar 2026, p.54]