Black Rainbow Sound | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 7 September 2018 | |||
Length | 37:47 | |||
Label | Memphis Industries | |||
Menace Beach chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 7.1/10 [1] |
Metacritic | 75/100 [2] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
Clash | 7/10 [4] |
DIY | [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]
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]
No. | Title | Length |
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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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