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| Released | February 23, 2024 | |||
| Recorded | May 22–27, 2023 | |||
| Studio | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 21:26 | |||
| Label | Anti- | |||
| Producer | Arthur Rizk | |||
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Rationale is the third studio album by American rock band Glitterer. It was released on February 23, 2024.
Andrew Sacher of BrooklynVegan included this among the notable releases of the week, calling it "a loud, punk-informed rock record" that shows the band geling as a unit rather than a solo project for vocalist Ned Russin. [1] In Dork , Ciaran Picker rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, calling it "a reworking of previous material, making it more refined, defined, and consistent" with post-punk and electronica sounds. [2] Kevin Wilson of Glide Magazine stated that there are bedroom pop influences in this music that is "unfamiliar territory that suits the band perfectly". [3] Kerrang! 's Rachel Roberts rated Rationale a 3 out of 5, summing up that "there are little twinkles of innovative magic in the corners of this album, and they would make it feel more worthwhile if brought to the forefront more often". [4] Editors at Stereogum chosen this to be Album of the Week, with critic Danielle Chelosky ending her review, "It's probably not far-off to assume the title Rationale is satirical, a sort of jab at himself for bothering to look for logic in a world founded on inexplicability. It is a funny task to assign yourself, but the results are the answers themselves—we exist to have fun if only for a little while, which is exactly what these songs accomplish." [5]
A June 3 roundup of the best albums of the year in Spin included Rationale where Jonah Bayer called it "so timeless that it sounds like it could have been made in 1994 or 2024". [6] The following day, Stereogum published a similar overview and placed it as the 43rd best album of the year so far, with Danielle Chelosky praising "sagacious lyricism... at its peak... wrapped up in colorful guitars and fluttering synthesizers". [7]
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