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A.V. Club D+ In this week’s notable releases, Byen finds nü-disco fixture Bjørn Torske blending more ambient textures into his playful sound, while Chicago footwork pioneer RP Boo gets melancholy, and NYC art-rockers Bodega debut with the lyrically stellar but musically weak Endless Scroll.
DIY 5/5 Streamlined and minimal but bursting with intelligence, humour and ideas, BODEGA are the real deal.
The Independent 4/5 In this week’s roundup, young upstarts Tom Grennan, Yungblud and Bodega all have something different to offer on their respective debuts
The Skinny 4/5 Named after the NYC equivalent of a corner shop, Bodega’s debut has the essentials covered; wry wit and a vision of art rock’s finest punk party.
Under The Radar 7.0/10 As is the norm for warm-up bands, audience expectations were low for the relatively unknown Brooklyn band Bodega as they opened for Franz Ferdinand on a leg of their current tour.
Clash 8/10 After winning over crowds at SXSW and the Great Escape, art punks Bodega come out with all guns blazing on their debut. With most of its members drawn
The Observer 4/5 (What’s Your Rupture?)
Pop Matters 6/10 There's a strand of indie rock that rose up in the early 2010s that went beyond slacker nostalgia and seemed based around a rejection of the technological...
The Guardian 3/5 Acclaimed New York band’s debut argues that we are enslaved by the internet, in jerkily propulsive post-punk songs