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Spirit Of The Beehive

You'll Have To Lose Something

Fifth album from the Philadelphia-based psych rock trio

ADM rating[?]

7.7

Label
Saddle Creek
UK Release date
23/08/2024
US Release date
23/08/2024
  1. 10.0 |   Northern Transmissions

    Listen to it twice. Listen to it three times. Either way, I hope you can enjoy this wonderfully chaotic and sensational record as much as I do
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  2. 9.0 |   Far Out

    A cinematic offering that stands as one of the best of 2024
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  3. 8.1 |   Beats Per Minute

    In Spirit of the Beehive’s music, the lives of millions of average, unremarkable people is represented and amplified. They make no attempt to make us feel better about ourselves – they simply make us feel seen
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  4. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Disruptive, disorienting and disturbing, the trio are still making creative leaps on their fifth album, mixing up slacker indie with strange beats and plenty of screaming
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  5. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Spirit of the Beehive offer their most rangy yet integrated album, each track striking a notable balance between sonic exploration and hook-leaning songcraft
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  6. 7.9 |   Paste Magazine

    The Philadelphia trio’s latest album manages to somehow maintain the unpredictability and eerie discomfort of their earlier work while forgoing much of the confrontational tone, making each instance of whiplash feel less like a fist to the face than an idle turn of a radio dial
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  7. 7.8 |   Pitchfork

    The Philadelphia psych collagists’ new album approaches confusion and terror through some of their prettiest music to date
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  8. 7.3 |   Spectrum Culture

    With every passing release, Spirit of the Beehive proves themselves as torchbearers for a certain kind of creativity
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  9. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Everything goes in the world of SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE, and everything is thrown in; tossed around; distorted; squeezed; held; emerging as the product of the singular vision of a truly innovative band
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  10. 7.0 |   All Music

    They haven't stopped being unpredictable and confounding, and they're even exploring deeper emotional territory than before, yet their work becomes more cohesive the more one becomes familiar with it
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  11. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    Philadelphia’s SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE commit to their eccentricities for better and for worse
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