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9.0
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Punk News
Bought to Rot is an exploration and an experiment, but a highly successful one that manages to come together as a coherent whole to really deliver something special
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8.0
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The Guardian
She is self-effacing, emotionally incisive and capable of inciting teenage fervour in cynical souls. There are few like her
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8.0
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All Music
A record that's simultaneously immediate and enduring: the first listen demands attention, but it's the left turns, in both the lyrics and melodies, that make Bought to Rot so satisfying
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8.0
108216
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DIY
There’s an unmistakable Americana twist across much of the record
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8.0
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Exclaim
Presenting herself bare, she exposes unfiltered honesty through the kind plain-spokenness that's, nowadays, avoided by contemporaries of her stature. If you've got something to say, then just say it
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8.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
Among a myriad of sub-genres, there’s bouncey post-punk, heartland rock, rockabilly, and a few kinds of indie rock experimentalism sprinkled in
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8.0
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Q
Bought To Rot is something of a palette cleanser: both wider in scope and lighter in tone. Print edition only
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7.5
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Paste Magazine
Grace doesn’t graduate from punk on Bought To Rot—she expands and elevates it with explicit revelations, fervent melodies, head-banging chord progressions and unruffled tenacity
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7.4
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Gig Soup
Laura Jane Grace goes solo once again and shows just what she has to offer away from Against Me!
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6.0
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PopMatters
Bought to Rot moves Laura Jane Grace away from the overt politicality and social consciousness evident on previous releases to focus on the personal and autobiographical
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6.0
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Spectrum Culture
Another outlet for Grace to free her mind
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6.0
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NME
While ‘Bought to Rot’ might not possess the focused tenacity of Against Me!’s latest record, ‘Shape Shift With Me’, it’s a varied, meandering album that roams freely across multiple genres
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5.6
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Pitchfork
The debut album from the Against Me! singer’s new side project doubles as a deserved break from her very public role as a trans ambassador, but the songwriting too often feels like rock-band karaoke
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5.0
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Under The Radar
The album traffics too heavily in platitudes and generic alt-rock formulas
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