Wicked City (EP)

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Wicked City
Wicked City.jpg
EP by
Jockstrap
Released19 June 2020 (2020-06-19)
Genre Electropop, [1] experimental, [1] art pop [1]
Length20:48
Label Warp
Jockstrap chronology
Love Is the Key to the City
(2018)		Wicked City
(2020)		Beavercore
(2020)
Singles from Wicked City
  1. "Acid"
    Released: 4 February 2020 [2]
  2. "The City"
    Released: 28 April 2020 [3]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Beats Per Minute 81% [6]
Clash 8/10 [7]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [8]
Loud and Quiet 9/10 [9]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Wicked City is an EP by English duo Jockstrap. It was released on June 19, 2020, under Warp Records. [3]

Contents

Critical reception

Wicked City was met with "generally favourable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 80, based on 6 reviews. [4] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the album 81 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 8 reviews. [11]

Track listing

Wicked City track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Robert" (with Injury Reserve)3:30
2."Acid"3:50
3."Yellow in Green"3:17
4."The City"4:44
5."City Hell"5:27

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Jockstrap's 'Wicked City' is an Unfolding of Boundaries". 16 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Acid – Single by Jockstrap". Apple Music . Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 Bloom, Madison (28 April 2020). "Jockstrap Announce New Wicked City EP, Share New Song". Pitchfork . Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  5. ↑ Thomas, Fred. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  6. ↑ Hakimian, Rob (24 June 2020). "Beats Per Minute Review". Beats Per Minute . Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  7. ↑ Ross, Gemma (19 June 2020). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash . Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  8. ↑ Wright, Lisa (4 June 2020). "DIY Magazine Review". DIY . Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  9. ↑ Skala, Jemima (15 June 2020). "Loud and Quiet Review". Loud and Quiet . Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  10. ↑ Cartledge, Luke (17 June 2020). "Jockstrap – 'Wicked City' EP review: ingenious, invigorating, and like little else right now". NME . Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
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