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2024 studio album by Lip Critic From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hex Dealer is the debut full-length studio album by American electro-punk band Lip Critic. It was received positively by critics.
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| Studio album by Lip Critic | ||||
| Released | May 17, 2024 | |||
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| Length | 31:51 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Partisan, Universal Music | |||
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According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Hex Dealer received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 84 out of 100 from 5 critic scores.[3] Anna Zanes interviewed Lip Critic in Alternative Press and characterized this release as "replete with their trademark manic energy and irreverent ethos" that results in a "dizzying rush that rides on snarky punk spirit, and takes us through 12 dopamine-inducing tracks".[4] Julia Mason of Clash Music scored this album an 8 out of 10, writing that "Lip Critic have produced an album loaded with imagination and creativity".[5] Jack Butler-Terry of DIY rated this work 3.5 out of 5 stars, writing that it justified the hype the band has received and it "establishes Lip Critic as ones to watch".[6] Anagricel Duran of NME scored Hex Dealer 5 out of 5 stars, characterizing it as a "wildly imaginative debut" with songs that are both "freewheeling and fun" and "thrillingly dark".[7] Grace Robins-Somerville of Paste rated this album a 7.9 out of 10 that combines trenchant critiques of capitalism with being "a silly, goofy album by a silly, goofy band".[8] That magazine also published a profile of the band by Matt Mitchell that called this release "one of the freakiest, crunchiest, grossest albums of 2024".[9] Editors at Pitchfork Media scored this release 7.7 out of 10 and critic Jaeden Pinder called it "a master class in genre-hopping, running the gamut of drum’n’bass, hip-hop, and ska" and praised the band's inclusion of comedy in the lyrics.[1]
Staff at Consequence of Sound included this among the best albums of May, with Sun Noor writing that it "amplifies the generational struggle for liberation"[2] and it was ranked 29 on a June 4 list of the best albums of the year so far, where Jonah Krueger called it "aggressive, danceable, and moshable in all the right ways".[10]
Lyrics by Brent Kaser, music by Lip Critic
Lip Critic
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