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| Released | 7 January 2011 | |||
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| Length | 24:09 | |||
| Label | What's Your Rupture? | |||
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New Brigade is the debut album by Danish punk rock band Iceage.
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| Released | 7 January 2011 | |||
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| Length | 24:09 | |||
| Label | What's Your Rupture? | |||
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New Brigade is the debut album by Danish punk rock band Iceage.
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.8/10 [9] |
| Metacritic | 85/100 [10] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The A.V. Club | A− [11] |
| Consequence of Sound |  [12] |
| Drowned in Sound | 8/10 [8] |
| NME | 9/10 [13] |
| Pitchfork | 8.4/10 [4] |
| PopMatters | 8/10 [14] |
| Rolling Stone | [3] |
| Spin | 9/10 [15] |
| Uncut | [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]
| Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| The A.V. Club | The Best Music of 2011 | 21 | [5] |
| BBC Music | Top 25 Albums of 2011 | 10 | [19] |
| DIY | Albums of 2011 | 45 | [6] |
| The Guardian | The Best Albums of 2011 | 50 | [20] |
| The Line of Best Fit | The Best Fit Fifty: Albums of 2011 | 43 | [21] |
| New York | The Year in Pop (Top 10 Albums) | 6 | [7] |
| NME | 50 Best Albums Of 2011 | 36 | [22] |
| Old Waver | Top 50 Albums of 2011 | 50 | [23] |
| Pitchfork | Top 50 Albums of 2011 | 37 | [24] |
| Pretty Much Amazing | 40 Best Albums of 2011 | 35 | [25] |
| Spin | 50 Best Albums of 2011 | 23 | [26] |
| Stereogum | Top 50 Albums of 2011 | 19 | [27] |
| Treble | Top 50 Albums of 2011 | 26 | [28] |
| Uncut | Top 50 Albums of 2011 | 46 | [29] |
| Top 50 Albums of 2011 (One Year On) | 29 |
All tracks are written by Iceage, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro" | 0:48 | |
| 2. | "White Rune" |
| 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" | Sexdrome | 1:17 |
| 11. | "Never Return" | 3:09 | |
| 12. | "You're Blessed" | 1:55 | |
| Total length: | 24:09 | ||
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