10 February 2025
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Debut album from the punk rock band featuring Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi, The Evens), Amy Farina (The Warmers, The Evens) and Joe Lally (Fugazi, The Messthetics)
7.7
Musically, it will be at home in the record collections of anyone who likes the previous bands the members of Coriky have been in. The lyrics are poignant and they’re delivered by some of the strongest voices punk has ever seen Read Review
Former members of Minor Threat, Fugazi and the Evens deliver a bracing blast of moral, melodic US punk Read Review
The vocal blend and the intensity not dependent on volume are clear throwbacks to the Evens' best music, as well as the lyrical stance that examines big issues through the lens of the lives of people living under their shadow Read Review
There is love and respect flowing between the three players and it's a palpable part of this expression that is emotive, reasoned, and rather relaxed. Once this record's playing, the Coriky universe is a fascinating one to be a part of Read Review
Fugazi's signature edge duly emerges. Print edition only
Though Coriky does borrow elements from Fugazi, the group also stands as an amazing accomplishment in its own right Read Review
Ian MacKaye and Amy Farina have a new band with an old friend—Fugazi bassist Joe Lally. Their debut is a shrewd distillation of some of the United States’ most insidious issues Read Review
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Squid Cowards
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Benjamin Booker Lower
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Manic Street Preachers Critical Thinking
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Olly Alexander Polari
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Unsurprisingly, another queer tour-de-force DIY
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