Hex Dealer

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Hex Dealer
Lip Critic - Hex Dealer.jpg
Studio album by
Lip Critic
ReleasedMay 17, 2024 (2024-05-17)
Genre
Length31:51
LanguageEnglish
Label Partisan, Universal Music
Lip Critic chronology
Lip Critic II
(2020)		Hex Dealer
(2024)

Hex Dealer is the debut full-length studio album by American electro-punk band Lip Critic. It was received positively by critics.

Contents

Reception

According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Hex Dealer received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 84 out of 100 from 5 critic scores. [3] Anna Zanes interviewed Lip Critic in Alternative Press and characterized this release as "replete with their trademark manic energy and irreverent ethos" that results in a "dizzying rush that rides on snarky punk spirit, and takes us through 12 dopamine-inducing tracks". [4] Julia Mason of Clash Music scored this album an 8 out of 10, writing that "Lip Critic have produced an album loaded with imagination and creativity". [5] Jack Butler-Terry of DIY rated this work 3.5 out of 5 stars, writing that it justified the hype the band has received and it "establishes Lip Critic as ones to watch". [6] Anagricel Duran of NME scored Hex Dealer 5 out of 5 stars, characterizing it as a "wildly imaginative debut" with songs that are both "freewheeling and fun" and "thrillingly dark". [7] Grace Robins-Somerville of Paste rated this album a 7.9 out of 10 that combines trenchant critiques of capitalism with being "a silly, goofy album by a silly, goofy band". [8] That magazine also published a profile of the band by Matt Mitchell that called this release "one of the freakiest, crunchiest, grossest albums of 2024". [9] Editors at Pitchfork scored this release 7.7 out of 10 and critic Jaeden Pinder called it "a master class in genre-hopping, running the gamut of drum’n’bass, hip-hop, and ska" and praised the band's inclusion of comedy in the lyrics. [1]

Staff at Consequence of Sound included this among the best albums of May, with Sun Noor writing that it "amplifies the generational struggle for liberation" [2] and it was ranked 29 on a June 4 list of the best albums of the year so far, where Jonah Krueger called it "aggressive, danceable, and moshable in all the right ways". [10]

Track listing

Lyrics by Brent Kaser, music by Lip Critic

  1. "It’s the Magic" – 4:26
  2. "Love Will Redeem You" – 2:33
  3. "The Heart" – 2:35
  4. "Bork Pelly" – 3:00
  5. "Spirit Bomber" – 2:35
  6. "Death Lurking" – 3:50
  7. "Milky Max" – 2:30
  8. "Sermon" – 2:17
  9. "I’m Alive" – 1:53
  10. "My Wife and the Goblin" – 1:41
  11. "In the Wawa (Convinced I Am God)" – 2:19
  12. "Toxin Dodger" – 2:12

Personnel

Lip Critic

Additional personnel

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Pinder, Jaeden (May 20, 2024). "Lip Critic: Hex Dealer Album Review". Albums. Pitchfork . Condé Nast . Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Noor, Sun (May 31, 2024). "Best Albums of May 2024: Staff Picks". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Hex Dealer by Lip Critic Reviews and Tracks – Metacritic". Metacritic . Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  4. ↑ Zanes, Anna (May 16, 2024). "Lip Critic's transcendent punk chaos". Alternative Press . ISSN   1065-1667 . Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  5. ↑ Mason, Julia (May 21, 2024). "Lip Critic – Hex Dealer". Reviews. Clash Music . Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  6. ↑ Butler-Terry, Jack (May 15, 2024). "Lip Critic – Hex Dealer". Album & EP Reviews. DIY . OCLC   1065354071 . Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  7. ↑ Duran, Anagricel (May 14, 2024). "Lip Critic – 'Hex Dealer' review: bold, energetic and blisteringly smart". Reviews > Album Reviews. NME . ISSN   0028-6362 . Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  8. ↑ Robins-Somerville, Grace (May 17, 2024). "Lip Critic: 'Hex Dealer' Album Review". Music > Reviews > Lip Critic. Paste . ISSN   1540-3106 . Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  9. ↑ Mitchell, Matt (May 15, 2024). "Lip Critic: The Best of What's Next". Music > Features > Lip Critic. Paste . ISSN   1540-3106 . Retrieved June 4, 2024.
  10. ↑ Krueger, Jonah (June 4, 2024). "The 30 Best Albums So Far". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved June 4, 2024.
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