Drift

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AlbumMar 02 / 20189 songs, 35m 6s
Indie Rock
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6.6 / 10

After a stressful period of reinvention, the band frolics in greener grass, following its wandering muse wherever it leads.

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7.2 / 10

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Wilfully experimental and typically fluid.

After a back-to-basics self-released record which reconnected the group with their noise-punk roots while still charting fresh new territory, Brooklyn's the Men returned to longtime home Sacred Bones in 2018, delivering their most eclectic album to date.

Drift sees The Men return to Sacred Bones, but in their typically skittish style the band can't seem to settle on one particular style or genre.

5 / 10

The more the Men change, the more they stay the same. Over the course of a decade, the Brooklyn quartet have gone from rowdy noise rockers t...

4.0 / 10

Over the years a new record from The Men has become a tantalizing proposition. For the main part, their continued appeal has been driven by their restless evolution from noisy punks to intrepid explorers of rock's canon.

8 / 10

The thing about The Men is that in their decade as a band you’ve never really been able to tell what’s coming next. Idiosyncratic and all over

7 / 10

Credit is due to the Men for being one of those groups prone to changing things up from album to album.

8.0 / 10

'Drift' by The Men, album review by Adam Williams. The NYC band's seventh full-length. comes out on March 2nd via Sacred Bones.

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Muting the guitars allows the Men to explore new forms of intensity with vocals and alternate instrumentation.

Album Reviews: The Men - Drift