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To All Trains

Shellac

To All Trains

Sixth studio album from the Chicago post-hardcore trio is the final album with Steve Albini, who passed away in May 2024

ADM rating[?]

7.9

Label
Touch And Go
UK Release date
17/05/2024
US Release date
17/05/2024
  1. 9.0 |   Clash

    Shellac, across 28 minutes of beat-em-up mutant rock, are on fire here, the six-legged noise beast dependable as ever
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  2. 8.5 |   Spectrum Culture

    A fitting and emblematic swansong for both the band and for Steve Albini
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  3. 8.4 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    While the music doesn’t go above and beyond what we’ve heard from them already, the quality remains steadfast, making To All Trains one of the sharpest entries in their discography
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  4. 8.3 |   Spin

    Noise-rock giants lock in one last time on their leanest LP
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  5. 8.1 |   Pitchfork

    Released just 10 days after Steve Albini’s death, the trio’s sixth record closes the book on the band and serves as a reliably excellent epitaph
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  6. 8.0 |   All Music

    To All Trains is almost certainly the final Shellac album, but it isn't a maudlin curtain call. It's a document of a happily uncompromising band living out their vision and loving their art, and on that level, it's as good a place as any to appreciate their (and his) singular brilliance. And it rocks
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  7. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone

    To All Trains might not be Shellac’s defining statement (sadly, that was every time they performed live) but with its snarling lyrics and crisp sound, the record certainly meets the Albinic ideal
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  8. 8.0 |   Kerrang!

    And there is, ultimately, no getting round the fact that the last song on the final Shellac record is I Don’t Fear Hell, an unwittingly perfect – and perfectly unsentimental – full-stop to the career of one of North America’s greatest ever bands
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  9. 8.0 |   Far Out

    A counterintuitive swansong laced with sadness and silliness
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  10. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Shellac’s To All Trains is as compelling as anything they ever produced and a swan song. In Steve Albini’s case, the swan must surely be big, angry, and black
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