New Brigade

New Brigade
Studio album by Iceage
Released	7 January 2011 (2011-01-07)
Genre	Art punk [1] garage rock [2] no wave [3] post-punk [4] [5] [6] punk rock [7] [8]
Length	24:09
Label	What's Your Rupture?
Iceage chronology
New Brigade (2011) You're Nothing (2013)

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

Reception

Professional ratings

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]

Accolades

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

Track listing

All tracks are written by Iceage, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(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"	Sexdrome	1:17
11.	"Never Return"		3:09
12.	"You're Blessed"		1:55
Total length:			24:09

Personnel

Iceage

• Elias Bender Rønnenfelt – vocals, guitar
• Johan Surrballe Wieth – guitar
• Jakob Tvilling Pless – bass
• Dan Kjær Nielsen – drums

Technical personnel

• Jens Benz – engineering, mixing
• Nis Bysted – mixing
• Iceage – mastering, mixing
• Alberte Karrebæk – photography
• Peter Schneidermann – mastering

References

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12. Coplan, Chris (3 June 2011). "Album Review: Iceage – New Brigade". Consequence of Sound . Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
13. "Iceage: New Brigade". NME . 2011. The band bring diabolical energy to even the most generically thrashy moments.
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