Hit Reset

AlbumJul 08 / 201613 songs, 39m 1s
Indie Rock
Popular Highly Rated
8.2 / 10

The Julie Ruin’s second album, Hit Reset, is bandleader and punk icon Kathleen Hanna's most commanding release since her manifesto-writing days.

8.2 / 10

The Julie Ruin’s second album, Hit Reset, is bandleader and punk icon Kathleen Hanna's most commanding release since her manifesto-writing days.

C

At the end of The Punk Singer, 2013’s excellent documentary about Kathleen Hanna, the former Bikini Kill frontwoman is shown struggling to cope with chronic illness yet emerging from an extended hiatus to find strength in assembling pop tunes with her new band, The Julie Ruin. Catharsis and recovery often generate…

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At the end of The Punk Singer, 2013’s excellent documentary about Kathleen Hanna, the former Bikini Kill frontwoman is shown struggling to cope with chronic illness yet emerging from an extended hiatus to find strength in assembling pop tunes with her new band, The Julie Ruin. Catharsis and recovery often generate…

8 / 10

The feminist trailblazer returns with another exercise in acidic pop.

8 / 10

The feminist trailblazer returns with another exercise in acidic pop.

Check out our album review of Artist's Hit Reset on Rolling Stone.com.

Check out our album review of Artist's Hit Reset on Rolling Stone.com.

A racing sense fun propels much of The Julie Ruin’s latest.

A racing sense fun propels much of The Julie Ruin’s latest.

Just two years after riot grrrl linchpin Kathleen Hanna’s Lyme disease forced an unplanned hiatus, The Julie Ruin return in the rudest health.

Just two years after riot grrrl linchpin Kathleen Hanna’s Lyme disease forced an unplanned hiatus, The Julie Ruin return in the rudest health.

8 / 10

Hit Reset, Kathleen Hanna's latest effort as a member of the Julie Ruin, is an incredibly personal and passionate follow-up to 2013's Run Fa...

8 / 10

Hit Reset, Kathleen Hanna's latest effort as a member of the Julie Ruin, is an incredibly personal and passionate follow-up to 2013's Run Fa...

5.0 / 10

This is good. And some of it is very good. The trouble being that, production-wise, these songs want more power than they're given.

5.0 / 10

This is good. And some of it is very good. The trouble being that, production-wise, these songs want more power than they're given.

(Hardly Art)

(Hardly Art)

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8 / 10

8 / 10