| Cuts & Bruises | ||||
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| Released | 17 February 2023 | |||
| Studio | Narcissus Studio, London | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 45:41 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Antony Genn | |||
| Inhaler chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Cuts & Bruises | ||||
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Cuts & Bruises is the second studio album by Irish rock band Inhaler. It was released on 17 February 2023 through Polydor Records. [1]
Work for Cuts & Bruises began while touring for their debut album It Won't Always Be Like This in early 2022. Of the process, band member Elijah Hewson told Billboard : "I think we learned a lot of lessons on [It Won't Always Be Like This], and I think when we came into the second we had a better picture of how we wanted to do things. […] I think the main thing we said is we wanted less information, to let the songs breathe a bit. I think we were just more confident, and you don’t have to add as much if you are confident in the songs and material. And that was the basis of what we went off and I think it guided us pretty well". [2]
The album's lead single, "These Are the Days", was released on 7 June 2022. [3] The second single, "Love Will Get You There", was released on 13 October 2022. [4] The third single, "If You're Gonna Break My Heart", was released on 1 February 2023. [5]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.2/10 [6] |
| Metacritic | 72/100 [7] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Clash | 7/10 [8] |
| Dork |   [9] |
| Gigwise | 9/10 [10] |
| The Independent | [11] |
| The Irish Times | [12] |
| NME | [13] |
| The Telegraph | [14] |
Upon release, Cuts & Bruises received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average of 72 based on four critical reviews. [7] Another music aggregator AnyDecentMusic? gave the album 7.2 out of 10 based on their assessment of the critical consensus. [6]
All tracks are written by Elijah Hewson, Josh Jenkinson, Robert Keating, Ryan McMahon, and Antony Genn.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Just to Keep You Satisfied" | 3:35 |
| 2. | "Love Will Get You There" | 4:10 |
| 3. | "So Far So Good" | 3:13 |
| 4. | "These Are the Days" | 3:45 |
| 5. | "If You're Gonna Break My Heart" | 4:27 |
| 6. | "Perfect Storm" | 3:43 |
| 7. | "Dublin in Ecstasy" | 5:11 |
| 8. | "When I Have Her on My Mind" | 4:01 |
| 9. | "Valentine" | 4:07 |
| 10. | "The Things I Do" | 4:42 |
| 11. | "Now You Got Me" | 4:42 |
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| Chart (2023) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] | 9 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [16] | 29 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [17] | 5 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [18] | 35 |
| Irish Albums (OCC) [19] | 1 |
| Scottish Albums (OCC) [20] | 2 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [21] | 87 |
| UK Albums (OCC) [22] | 2 |
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