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| Released | February 25, 2014 | |||
| Genre | Pop punk | |||
| Length | 27:47 | |||
| Label | Hardly Art | |||
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NVM is the second studio album by Seattle, Washington-based pop punk band Tacocat. It was released on February 25, 2014 on the Hardly Art label.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Loud and Quiet | 6/10 [2] |
| Pitchfork | 7.4/10 [3] |
| PopMatters |   [4] |
| Vice (Expert Witness) | A– [5] |
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