Goons Be Gone

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Goons Be Gone
No Age - Goons Be Gone.png
Studio album by
No Age
ReleasedJune 5, 2020 (2020-06-05)
Length32:56
Label Drag City
No Age chronology
Snares Like a Haircut
(2018)		Goons Be Gone
(2020)		People Helping People
(2022)
Singles from Goons Be Gone
  1. "Turned to String"
    Released: February 25, 2020
  2. "Feeler"
    Released: March 30, 2020
  3. "War Dance"
    Released: April 23, 2020
  4. "Head Sport Full Face"
    Released: May 18, 2020
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.7/10 [1]
Metacritic 74/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
And It Don't Stop A− [4]
Beats Per Minute 66% [5]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Exclaim! 7/10 [7]
Pitchfork 7.3/10 [8]
Tom Hull – on the Web A− [9]

Goons Be Gone is the fifth studio album by American noise rock band No Age. It was released on June 5, 2020 under Drag City. [10] [11]

Contents

Singles

On February 25, 2020, No Age announced the release of their new album, along with the first single "Turned to String". [10] On March 30, 2020, they released the second single and music video "Feeler", directed by Kersti Jan Werdal. [12] The third single "War Dance" was released on April 23, 2020. [13] On May 18, 2020, their fourth single "Head Sport Full Face" was released. [14]

Critical reception

Goons Be Gone was met with generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 74, based on 10 reviews. [2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the album 68 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 8 reviews. [15] In his Substack-published "Consumer Guide" column, Robert Christgau found the band's latest iteration of grating avant-punk "deployed cleverly enough" and admired "the way they always come down on the right side of the divide between commitment and repeating yourself". [4]

Track listing

Goons Be Gone track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Sandalwood"2:31
2."Feeler"2:40
3."Smoothie"3:53
4."Working Stiff Takes a Break"1:01
5."War Dance"2:34
6."Toes in the Water"3:11
7."Turned to String"3:41
8."A Sigh Clicks"2:26
9."Puzzled"3:59
10."Head Sport Full Face"3:55
11."Agitating Moss"3:05

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  2. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  3. ↑ Thomas, Fred. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  4. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (September 9, 2020). "Consumer Guide: September, 2020" . And It Don't Stop. Substack . Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  5. ↑ Kenny, Brody (June 5, 2020). "Beats Per Minute Review". Beats Per Minute . Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  6. ↑ Hakimian, Rob. "DIY Magazine Review". DIY . Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  7. ↑ Yuyitung, Matt (June 4, 2020). "No Age Streamline Their Hazy Art-Punk on the Infectiously Fun 'Goons Be Gone'". Exclaim! . Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  8. ↑ Berman, Stuart (June 8, 2020). "Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  9. ↑ Hull, Tom (September 14, 2020). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
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  14. ↑ Breihan, Tim (May 18, 2020). "No Age - Head Sport Full Face". Stereogum . Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved July 5, 2020.


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