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Tripper

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Tripper

Fifth album of noisy math rock from this Northern Californian duo

ADM rating[?]

6.4

Label
Sargent House
UK Release date
30/08/2011
US Release date
30/08/2011
  1. 9.1 |   A.V. Club

    The record is a return to what Hella does best: breakneck instrumentals and raw, inhuman-sounding musicianship
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  2. 8.0 |   Prefix

    They've by no means gone pop, but they have emerged with their most human album to date, completely devoid of the occasionally comical indulgences of their past
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  3. 8.0 |   No Ripcord

    For prog dorks and students of Eno
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  4. 7.0 |   Bowlegs

    Expect manic guitars and manic drums – experimentation with rock, energy and attitude
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  5. 7.0 |   BBC

    Tripper is, fittingly, Hella more focused than its spaced-out title or the duo's hippy slacker personal demeanours might suggest
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  6. 6.0 |   Under The Radar

    As shit-tight and explosive as anything else they've given us, a violent assault of 32nd notes, fist-pumping tension, and musical athleticism
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  7. 6.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    With music like this, you hear virtuosity, which is often thought of as an extra-musical, performance-bound phenomenon, as an almost sonic quality
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  8. 6.0 |   Pitchfork

    On Tripper, Hella's instrumental chops are better than ever, but riffs aside, there's not much to think about
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  9. 6.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Finds the Sacramento duo ditching their three other band members and returning to their noise rock roots
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  10. 5.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Even at their most inaccessibly complicated, Hella is good at stirring up rousing maelstroms of sound
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  11. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    Though Tripper spends most of its time experimenting in asymmetrical song structures, some of its best moments are the most straightforward ones
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  12. 5.0 |   Slant Magazine

    The songs that work best here are the ones that explore different sonic permutations of the band's usual intricate sound
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