The Talkhouse, a site where artists write about the work of other artists, has published a review written by Chvches frontwoman Lauren Mayberry about Warpaints's new self-titled album.
In the review she ponders whether you can say you like a band after only hearing one album, but now that Warpaint has released two albums, Mayberry says she can officially say she is a fan. Her assessment of the new album is positive overall. She calls the band, "brave and uncompromising" and applauds their decision to take their time to release the album.
She writes:
"I love the feel of it. There is atmosphere. There is ambiance. The shoegaze elements of previous material are alive and well (enhanced by Flood's production and the touches added by Nigel Godrich), exemplified through the Bat For Lashes-esque vocal of "Biggy," the woozy, Moog'ed-up shoegaze of pre-album single "Love Is to Die," and the synth-heavy, downtempo "Teese." The tight, undulating rhythm section of bassist Jenny Lee Lindberg and drummer Stella Mozgawa is intact, to say the least, shown to its full force on tracks like the floor tom- and rim shot-heavy "Feeling Alright," ensuring that this album does sound like what we know Warpaint to be from their previous work, but that it is also wonderfully weird. Typical song formats are eschewed. Sounds which do not seem like they should go together; songs that don't even seem like they should be on the same record as each other, somehow belong.
...Screw keeping tracks below three minutes 30. Screw traditional song formats. Screw not using what sounds suspiciously like a cowbell ("Keep It Healthy"). Throw out the shoegaze how-to manual and run with it."
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