Snares Like a Haircut

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Snares Like a Haircut
Snares Like a Haircut.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 26, 2018
StudioInfrasonic Sound [1]
(Echo Park, California) [2]
Genre
Length39:12
Label Drag City
Producer Pete Lyman
No Age chronology
An Object
(2013)
Snares Like a Haircut
(2018)
Goons Be Gone
(2020)

Snares Like a Haircut is the fourth studio album by American noise rock duo No Age. The album was released on January 26, 2018, through Drag City Records.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.5/10 [3]
Metacritic 84/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
The A.V. Club B+ [6]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [8]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Pitchfork 8.0/10 [10]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Uncut 8/10 [13]
Vice A [14]

Snares Like a Haircut received favorable reviews upon release. According to Metacritic which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a score of 84, based on 20 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [4]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Randy Randall and Dean Allen Spunt; all music is composed by No Age

No.TitleLength
1."Cruise Control"3:31
2."Stuck in the Changer"3:14
3."Drippy"2:38
4."Send Me"3:55
5."Snares Like a Haircut"3:44
6."Tidal"3:30
7."Soft Collar Fad"2:26
8."Popper"2:42
9."Secret Swamp"2:47
10."Third Grade Rave"2:48
11."Squashed"4:19
12."Primitive Plus"3:38
Total length:39:12

Personnel

The following were credited with the artwork, mixing, and production of the album. [1]

Charting

Chart (2018)Peak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [15] 46
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [16] 12

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