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Heads Up

Warpaint

Heads Up

Third studio album from the LA-based indie art rock four-piece

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7.1

Label
Rough Trade
UK Release date
23/09/2016
US Release date
23/09/2016
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  1. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    With Heads Up, Warpaint may have crafted their best album yet, one that adroitly harnesses and alchemizes genres, moods, and sounds to suit their many purposes
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  2. 9.0 |   Exclaim

    The band sound rejuvenated on Heads Up, solidifying their place as one of the most cohesive and adventurous bands out there
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  3. 8.0 |   NME

    For once, Warpaint sound like they’re having fun – and it suits them
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  4. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Many shades of grey and fragments of sound have gone into Heads Up, which is much greater than the sum of its parts
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  5. 8.0 |   All Music

    Though the fever-dream beauty of their previous album is missed sometimes, Warpaint sound so excited to be making music on Heads Up that the feeling can't help but be contagious
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  6. 8.0 |   A.V. Club

    The fiery furnace powering their new record comes from slashing open every membrane; letting ideas wildly collide like supercharged, excitable atoms
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  7. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    It’s a convincing comeback of startlingly good songs and no compromise
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  8. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Those well-crafted highs and lows remain on Heads Up , with an enduring backbone, essential for swagger, coursing throughout the centre
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  9. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    Crucially, though, where Warpaint could sound generic on occasion, now they seem so comfortable with what they do, that it no longer sounds of the past at all
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  10. 8.0 |   Mojo

    A tension that's electric. Print edition only

  11. 8.0 |   No Ripcord

    Warpaint are at the very top of their game, showcasing a full understanding of their sound and the tools needed to get the best out of it
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  12. 7.5 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Beguilingly gloomy and acts as a big leap forward for Warpaint
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  13. 7.5 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    A strong, evocative record that solidifies Warpaint as one of the genre’s most creative and entertaining. Whatever that genre is, however, is still up for debate
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  14. 7.0 |   The Music

    Less of a warning than a statement of confidence
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  15. 7.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    Warpaint’s most danceable, most tactile record to date
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  16. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    One thing that’s clear is the band is moving in a fascinating direction, finally exuding the extreme level of confidence needed to pull of all their myriad tricks and join together all the many creative ideas in their head
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  17. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Warpaint deliver their dream-rock mysticism with such chill confidence and casual concision you almost miss all the different sounds they pull together
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  18. 7.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Heads Up shows a band fascinated by pushing their limits
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  19. 7.0 |   Clash

    At this stage Warpaint still have their boots in two camps: the icy cool of their indie heritage and the open-hearted joy of the kind of music they clearly want to make
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  20. 7.0 |   Crack

    Heads Up is earnest, warm and complicated, and Warpaint have always rewarded patient listeners. Trust them
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  21. 6.7 |   Pitchfork

    At this point, though, after enticing listeners to lean in closer for a glimpse at those secrets, we might have to question whether Warpaint have any to tel
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  22. 6.0 |   The Observer

    Warpaint’s third album is aptly titled, given the startling outbreak of focus here
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  23. 6.0 |   Under The Radar

    Heads Up is the quartet's third release, and it finds them trying a few new tricks, like punchy, reverb-less production and hooky melodies
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  24. 6.0 |   Q

    Possesses a beguiling Californian gothic ambience. Print edition only

  25. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    Warpaint continue to be a classy proposition with serious chops, but Heads Up finds them caught between where they’ve been and where they’re going
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  26. 6.0 |   The Independent

    Songwriting points remain shrouded, and voices drowsy, but an understated fearlessness pears through the mist
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  27. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    Heads Up will still please some fans, and the band will be able to work some of these tracks into respectable live numbers
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  28. 5.5 |   The 405

    Warpaint seems to have eschewed much of the artistic momentum they once possessed in favour of a more commercially viable indietronica-style sound
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  29. 4.0 |   The FT

    Heads Up does not find the LA quartet in their prime, unlike its predecessors, The Fool and Warpaint
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