New Brigade

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New Brigade
New Brigade Iceage.jpeg
Studio album by
Iceage
Released7 January 2011 (2011-01-07)
Genre
Length24:09
Label What's Your Rupture?
Iceage chronology
New Brigade
(2011)		 You're Nothing
(2013)

New Brigade is the debut album by Danish punk rock band Iceage.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.8/10 [9]
Metacritic 85/100 [10]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The A.V. Club A− [11]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Drowned in Sound 8/10 [8]
NME 9/10 [13]
Pitchfork 8.4/10 [4]
PopMatters 8/10 [14]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Spin 9/10 [15]
Uncut Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [16]

New Brigade was well received by critics upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 85, based on 18 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [10]

New Brigade received Pitchfork 's "Best New Music" designation, with critic David Bevan praising it as a "refreshing and extraordinary debut". [4] He continued, "These four have located a punk-rock sweet spot: mixing the black atmosphere of goth, the wild-limbed whoosh of hardcore, and the clangor of post-punk. It's a feat made all the more impressive by one very important intangible: energy." [4] David Malitz of The Washington Post also praised the debut, saying that "In an era of rock-gone-easy-listening and endless reunions, New Brigade is a reminder of how powerful a noisy, new band with something to prove can sound. The kids maintain an unrelenting intensity throughout the album’s 12 songs." [17]

Pitchfork placed the album at number 37 on its list of the top 50 albums of 2011, [18]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
The A.V. Club The Best Music of 201121 [5]
BBC Music Top 25 Albums of 201110 [19]
DIY Albums of 201145 [6]
The Guardian The Best Albums of 201150 [20]
The Line of Best Fit The Best Fit Fifty: Albums of 201143 [21]
New York The Year in Pop (Top 10 Albums)6 [7]
NME 50 Best Albums Of 201136 [22]
Old WaverTop 50 Albums of 201150 [23]
Pitchfork Top 50 Albums of 201137 [24]
Pretty Much Amazing40 Best Albums of 201135 [25]
Spin 50 Best Albums of 201123 [26]
Stereogum Top 50 Albums of 201119 [27]
TrebleTop 50 Albums of 201126 [28]
Uncut Top 50 Albums of 201146 [29]
Top 50 Albums of 2011 (One Year On)29

Track listing

All tracks are written by Iceage, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro" 0:48
2."White Rune"
  • Iceage
  • Loke Rahbek
2:41
3."New Brigade" 2:15
4."Remember" 2:14
5."Rotting Heights" 1:39
6."Total Drench" 1:39
7."Broken Bone" 2:30
8."Collapse" 2:11
9."Eyes" 2:03
10."Count Me In"Sexdrome1:17
11."Never Return" 3:09
12."You're Blessed" 1:55
Total length:24:09

Personnel

Iceage
Technical personnel

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