| The Spoils | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | September 18, 2006 |
| Recorded | 2006 |
| Genre | Post-punk, Alternative, Minimalistic |
| Length | 48:52 |
| Label | Fuzz |
| Producer | Paul Barker Duane Denison |
The Spoils is the debut studio album by American band U.S.S.A.. It was written and produced by Paul Barker and Duane Denison.
Ben Lasman of CMJ New Music Monthly , in a negative review, wrote that the album "plays like a cleaned-up retrospective of modern rock cliches flooded with misguided cock-rock swagger". [1] Comparing its sound to Faith No More, Stephen Seigel of Tucson Weekly called The Spoils less dissonant than expected but "no less thrilling for the lack of it". [2] Writing in Boise Weekly , Brandon Nolta called it "edgy, sometimes creepy and never less than entertaining", though it may not appeal to fans of its members' former bands. [3] Greg Prato of AllMusic described it as "both arty and exploratory" without being snobbish. Prato compared the sound to first generation post-punk bands, including Barker's own The Blackouts. [4]
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