Heads Up

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AlbumSep 23 / 201611 songs, 51m 22s
Dream Pop Neo-Psychedelia Indie Rock
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The L.A. indie-rock outfit return, refreshed. *Heads Up* finds the foursome melding their gauzy post-punk with elements of modern R&B, pop, and dance music for a set that shimmers and throbs. “You come along and wash away the rain,” they sing on “New Song,” their finest to date. “You are the sun that leads me back to where I belong.”

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6.7 / 10

Warpaint’s new album is said to be informed by recent hip-hop and R&B but it ultimately hews closely to the moody downtempo rock they’re known for.

8 / 10

Heads Up has all the joy of something completely new, pulled together at the seams lovingly and beautifully into a patchwork that, at first, may feel like clash or confusion but in time feels full of strength.

The album features an unlikely club banger

Our take on band's third album.

On their third album, the LA four-piece are fixated on fun.

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Thanks to the success of their self-titled second album, Warpaint spent almost a year and a half on the road -- a situation that could make any band's members sick of their songs, and perhaps each other.

Following Jenny Lee Lindberg's 2015 solo LP, the third album from LA's Warpaint finds them exploring new ideas, but putting their singular voice at risk.

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Los Angeles quartet Warpaint have returned with a third studio album, Heads Up, displaying their strength as a group after a gruelling tour...

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"Whiteout," the first track from Warpaint's new album, starts with a simple bass-and-snare drumbeat, gradually adding a persistent guitar arpeggio, then cymbals, bass, and vocals.

7 / 10

Warpaint are on the verge of something big. Since 2009’s soporific ‘Exquisite Corpse’ the quartet have been shifting their sound,

With their third album, LA indie girls Warpaint have discovered a sense of purpose – and a handful of seriously catchy songs

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'Heads Up' by Warpaint, album review by Gareth O' Malley. The band's full-length is now out on Rough Trade Records. Warpaint, play September 25 in Las Vegas

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Going back to go forwards with the LA quartet. new music review by Joe Muggs