Lifer

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AlbumOct 21 / 201411 songs, 44m 32s
Noise Rock Post-Hardcore
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These guys are either putting the balls back in 'ballistic' or taking them out. Either way, they're playing with balls, and it sounds fan-dam-tas-manian. Rock.

6.9 / 10

On Dope Body’s follow-up to 2012’s Natural History, the Baltimore noise rock band refresh a subversive approach to racket-making. Drive Like Jehu, Girls Against Boys, Brainiac, Chavez, U.S. Maple: This is Dope Body’s deliciously warped version of '90s pop history.

8 / 10

Dope Body’s Lifer wears the fug of the band’s rehearsal room – the Baltimore four-piece barely left it while thrashing this record into shape. They took a similar approach to 2012’s Natural History, but where that album revelled in a tightly hewn tautness, Lifer is more interested in dynamics

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4.1 / 5

Dope Body - Lifer review: A ferocious record that deftly coalesces noise rock with early grunge and psychedelic flourishes.