Weirdo Shrine

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Weirdo Shrine
Weirdo Shrine.png
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 7, 2015
Genre
Length31:21
Label Hardly Art
Producer Ty Segall
La Luz chronology
It's Alive
(2013)
Weirdo Shrine
(2015)
Floating Features
(2018)

Weirdo Shrine is a studio album by surf rock band La Luz. [1] It was released on August 7, 2015. [2]

Contents

Composition

Weirdo Shrine digs into "classic-sounding" surf rock, yielding a "dark spin" on the genre. [3] [4] Doo-wop and "top-notch" rock and roll are also present. [5]

The album's production is lo-fi and "fuzz-heavy". [1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Consequence B+ [8]
Exclaim! 8/10 [3]
Paste 8.3/10 [9]
Pitchfork 7.1/10 [4]
PopMatters 6/10 [5]

Track listing

  1. "Sleep Till They Die (Health, Life and Fire)" – 3:19
  2. "You Disappear" – 3:22
  3. "With Davey" – 2:17
  4. "Don't Wanna Be Anywhere" – 3:00
  5. "I Can't Speak" – 3:03
  6. "Hey Papi" – 1:46
  7. "I Wanna Be Alone (With You)" – 2:16
  8. "I'll Be True" – 3:28
  9. "Black Hole, Weirdo Shrine" – 3:04
  10. "Oranges" – 2:10
  11. "True Love Knows" – 3:36

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [7]

La Luz

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