- Record Label: Saddle Creek Records
- Release Date: Aug 23, 2024
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Sep 9, 2024You may be wondering why you’d ever want to listen to an album that is so overrun with desperation, which is a somewhat valid concern. But there is an alchemy to what Spirit of the Beehive do in their unique sonic approach that makes their depressive messages not feel self-pitying, but genuinely human.
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Aug 27, 2024The band’s creative leaps now have more time to shine, but even on this more restrained outing, Spirit of the Beehive are still writing tales of the unexpected.
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Aug 27, 2024If encountered with curiosity and an appreciation for the history of radicalism and experimentation, Spirit of the Beehive strike one as provocative and precise in their renderings of post-millennial life.
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Aug 27, 2024YOU’LL HAVE TO LOSE SOMETHING is an unerringly mature breakup album.
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Aug 27, 2024Though the dreamy atmosphere and embrace of pop formalism make for the band’s most accessible record, You’ll Have to Lose Something is still profoundly challenging.
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Aug 27, 2024YOU’LL HAVE TO LOSE SOMETHING is by far the band’s most straightforward record. This isn’t to say however they have lost what makes them one of the most progressive bands around; sonic textures still overlay collages of obscure samples, whilst the method of individual members writing separate streams of consciousness verses before coming together to record still creates enviable levels of lyrical surrealism.
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Aug 27, 2024They haven't stopped being unpredictable and confounding, and they're even exploring deeper emotional territory than before, yet their work becomes more cohesive the more one becomes familiar with it.
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Aug 27, 2024When it works well on the record it’s sublime, these snapshots sculpting little scenes, feeding just enough to intrigue but remain elusive. .... However, when it doesn’t connect, as on THE CUT DEPICTS THE CUT, these mutations feel needy, like they're born out of a fear the listener will get bored if there aren’t fireworks every 15 seconds, rather than it being necessarily what is best for the song.