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Frying on this Rock

White Hills

Frying on this Rock

Third album on Thrill Jockey in 3 years from the New York psychedelic space rock specialists

ADM rating[?]

6.2

Label
Thrill Jockey
UK Release date
19/03/2012
US Release date
20/03/2012
  1. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    Rawer than H-P1, Frying On This Rock is far from being a throwback or even a stopgap. It stands on its own two feet and crucially employs a refinement of ideas that proves that space is indeed deep
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  2. 7.5 |   A.V. Club

    Instead of helping to intensify its cyclical assault ... practice and preparation seem to have robbed Frying of some of its sizzle
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  3. 7.0 |   Spin

    Advanced poli-psych meant to melt faces and indict capitalism does better with former than latter
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  4. 7.0 |   Uncut

    More cosmic freakery from the Cope-endorsed New Yorkers. Print edition only

  5. 6.4 |   Pitchfork

    Mostly finds White Hills with their freak flags hoisted well above half mast, with any and all overtures toward coherence obscured by billowing clouds of feedback
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  6. 6.0 |   The 405

    It is on the extended pieces that White Hills become something more distinctive
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  7. 5.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    There’s little substance to take in here. It’s like booking a trip on Richard Branson’s moon rocket and ending up with a tour of an abandoned Zavvi
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  8. 5.0 |   Under The Radar

    The band's ferocity seems subdued here, and the roadburn a little more pronounced
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