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Fuck Death

Blackout Beach

Fuck Death

Carey Mercer, frontman of indie rockers Frog Eyes, switches from guitars to synths on his third solo outing

ADM rating[?]: 7.5
Label: Dead Oceans
UK Release date: 14/11/2011
US Release date: 15/11/2011

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9.0 35121
9.0 | Tiny Mix Tapes

Mercer sings in guttural tones reminiscent of neofolkies or of goth rock, but his sensibility, though shot through with a heavy ominousness, never invokes darkness in any of the usual clichéd fashions
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8.0 35125
8.0 | Uncut

Fuck Death is nowhere near as monochrome as it suggests. Print edition only
8.0 34831
8.0 | Consequence Of Sound

Between the synth percussion bombed-out bleakness, this album hits a very modern note, one that justifies its separation from being just another Frog Eyes record in its insular worldview and altered sound
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7.5 35031
7.5 | A.V. Club

Mercer’s lyrics are cryptic and imagistic, if not indecipherably garbled
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7.5 34829
7.5 | Bowlegs

Fuck Death takes the self-recorded cell-tape into another dimension, and bleak as it is, it’s the only record we know that so softly captures mental unease
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7.3 34830
7.3 | Pitchfork

Fuck Death is the first record of his that feels like a genuine meditation on the themes it explores. Instead of pummeling, it actually awards the listener with moments of pause, making its atmosphere that much more immersive
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