Black Rainbow Sound

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Black Rainbow Sound
Black Rainbow Sound.jpg
Studio album by
Released7 September 2018 (2018-09-07)
Length37:47
Label Memphis Industries
Menace Beach chronology
Lemon Memory
(2017)
Black Rainbow Sound
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.1/10 [1]
Metacritic 75/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Clash 7/10 [4]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Black Rainbow Sound is the third studio album by English band Menace Beach. It was released on September 7, 2018 under Memphis Industries. [6]

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Critical reception

Black Rainbow Sound was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 75, based on 8 reviews. [2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 73 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 11 reviews. [7] Nick Roseblade from Clash Magazine said of the album: "[the album] shows a band in flux. The songs sounds bigger and more articulated. Menace Beach are using a larger musical palate and it mostly works, swapping the messy surf guitars and charming slacker vibes while allowing the songs to speak for themselves. [4]

Track listing

Black Rainbow Sound track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Black Rainbow Sound"3:48
2."Satellite"3:31
3."Crawl in Love"4:04
4."Tongue"3:41
5."Mutator"3:26
6."Holy Crow"3:35
7."8000 Molecules"3:26
8."Hypnotiser Keeps the Ball Rolling"4:44
9."Watermelon"3:49
10."(Like) Rainbow Juice"3:43

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