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Do Whatever You Want All the Time

Ponytail

Do Whatever You Want All the Time

The Baltimore art rock / noise pop outfit, back after a brief break-up with their third album

ADM rating[?]

6.5

Label
We Are Free
UK Release date
11/04/2011
US Release date
12/04/2011
  1. 8.2 |   Pitchfork

    [A] Beefheart-like tendency to avoid consistent rhythm and keep the audience guessing is partly what makes this music feel so alive
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  2. 8.0 |   All Music

    Paradoxical as it may seem, the more structured version of the band that Do Whatever You Want All the Time presents just may be more exciting, and offer more potential, than what Ponytail were doing before
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  3. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    A band with an imprint and sound all of its own, with much of joy to share around
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  4. 8.0 |   Uncut

    An intense and imaginative celebration of noise, pop and noise-pop. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    The seven tracks that make up this impressive swansong are more composed, more painstakingly structured than either of its predecessors
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  6. 7.5 |   Bowlegs

    A sound you can drink and a quick sharp hit to pep up your week
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  7. 7.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Sees them moving into more sophisticated territory with plenty of layering of sound
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  8. 7.0 |   Prefix

    Ponytail fans will surely enjoy this relatively formed incarnation of the band’s energy. Non-fans can appreciate the pure joys of a band making noise free of the grip of self-doubt or other inhibitors
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  9. 7.0 |   Slant Magazine

    A candy-colored descent into madness, one which tames the wildness of the group's previous efforts in the interest of a far more mature style
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  10. 6.7 |   A.V. Club

    The cracks are starting to show in the band’s previously impervious candy shell
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  11. 6.0 |   NME

    A more refined take on their jerk-punk lyricism
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  12. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    “Experimental” and “sophisticated” are often code words for “lackluster” when they come directly from the label, and while that isn’t quite the case for Do Whatever You Want All the Time, it’s close
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  13. 5.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    I doubt it will stay with any of us for very long, but with some luck these growing pains will yield a new and even more arresting Ponytail
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  14. 4.0 |   Eye Weekly

    Without Ponytail’s flair for life-affirming, Beefheart-style cut-ups, there’s little sonic intrigue here
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  15. 3.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    To truly grasp the vigour of Do Whatever You Want All The Time, do it yourself. Grab four mates, pick up some instruments and go nuts. Just don’t cut an album from the sessions
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