| Let It Beep | ||||
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| Released | September 15, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 | |||
| Genre | Indie Rock, Experimental Rock | |||
| Length | 50:32 | |||
| Label | Audio Eagle Records | |||
| Producer | Ryan Schaefer | |||
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Let It Beep is the second album by Royal Bangs. The album was released on September 15, 2009 on Audio Eagle Records, but was also released on City Slang Records.
Reviews for the album were positive. Rick Anderson of AllMusic noted, "For their second album, the Royal Bangs are back on Patrick Carney's Audio Eagle label, and their sound is, if anything, even more insane than it was the first time around. [1] BBC Music editor, Mike Diver described it as "varied but never lacking cohesion, Let It Beep is a charming and entirely unforeseen hit for tastes demanding their rock a little rough-hewn and happily unaffected. That it makes KoL Kings of Leon sound as sonically redundant as U2 and Oasis is merely an accidental bonus." [2]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "War Bells" | 2:40 |
| 2. | "Poison Control" | 4:29 |
| 3. | "My Car is Haunted" | 3:41 |
| 4. | "Brainbow" | 3:44 |
| 5. | "Conquest II" | 3:14 |
| 6. | "B+E" | 5:37 |
| 7. | "Shit Xmas" | 1:56 |
| 8. | "Tiny Prince of Keytar" | 3:31 |
| 9. | "1993" | 5:38 |
| 10. | "Gorilla King" | 4:28 |
| 11. | "Waking Up Weird" | 4:42 |
| 12. | "Maniverse" | 4:02 |
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