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Ceremony

The L-Shaped Man

For their fifth album the Californian punk rockers take a far more post-punk approach

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6.2

Label
Matador
UK Release date
18/05/2015
US Release date
19/05/2015
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  1. 9.3 |   Paste Magazine

    One of the boldest moves this California quintet has ever taken
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  2. 8.3 |   A.V. Club

    Though it’s been trendy for punk and hardcore bands to skew toward post-punk in recent years, none have made it feel less like an affectation than Ceremony
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  3. 8.0 |   All Music

    Whether or not they're borrowing too heavily from the Ian Curtis handbook (the band's name is taken from a Joy Division song), Ceremony have a strong handle on this style
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  4. 8.0 |   DIY

    There’s a punch and a kick to their songwriting again now, and Ceremony are all the better for it
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  5. 7.5 |   The 405

    So striking in its difference from the rest of the band's catalogue that it could prove to be a turning point in their discography
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  6. 7.5 |   Consequence Of Sound

    A truly cathartic musical statement
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  7. 7.5 |   Beardfood

    This is an all too obvious hommage to the old wave
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  8. 7.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    These tracks are studies in seething resentment and reluctant restraint, and the emotional effect that follows is more often than not a gut punch
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  9. 6.0 |   The Music

    Explores an internalised existential rage and embraces angsty nihilistic melancholia
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  10. 4.5 |   Earbuddy

    This album fails where multiple modern post punk band such as Women and Iceage have succeeded: having a personality
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  11. 4.0 |   Rolling Stone

    Stifled by too much restraint
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  12. 4.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Ceremony didn’t just try to fix what wasn’t broken, they set it on fire
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  13. 4.0 |   NOW

    No matter how you cut it, there's something embarrassing about a grown man releasing a full-length record of polished Ian Curtis impressions
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  14. 3.3 |   Pitchfork

    Does have an advantage over Zoo, in that it’s interesting in the way any true debacle is, where a band’s conviction is either impervious to any kind of outside intervention or just not subject to it
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