The Spoils is the debut studio album by American band U.S.S.A. It was written and produced by Paul Barker and Duane Denison.
| The Spoils | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | September 18, 2006 |
| Recorded | 2006 |
| Genre | Post-punk, Alternative, Minimalistic |
| Length | 48:52 |
| Label | Fuzz |
| Producer | Paul Barker Duane Denison |
Track listing edit
- "Dead Voices" (4:26)
- "Autumn Flowers" (4:11)
- "Blue Light" (4:22)
- "Cruel Beauty" (2:03)
- "Middletown" (4:36)
- "Summer Endless Summer" (5:04)
- "Forget Yourself" (3:25)
- "Cab Ride" (4:34)
- "Peculiar Thing" (6:04)
- "Sugarwater" (4:38)
- "Wasteland" (5:31)
Reception edit
Ben Lasman of CMJ New Music Monthly, in a negative review, wrote that the album "plays like a cleaned-up retrospective of modern rock cliches flooded with misguided cock-rock swagger".[1] Comparing its sound to Faith No More, Stephen Seigel of Tucson Weekly called The Spoils less dissonant than expected but "no less thrilling for the lack of it".[2] Writing in Boise Weekly, Brandon Nolta called it "edgy, sometimes creepy and never less than entertaining", though it may not appeal to fans of its members' former bands.[3] Greg Prato of AllMusic described it as "both arty and exploratory" without being snobbish. Prato compared the sound to first generation post-punk bands, including Barker's own The Blackouts.[4]
References edit
- ^ Lasman, Ben (October 2007). "Abridged reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 151. p. 59.
- ^ Seigel, Stephen (2007-10-11). "Soundbites: Palatable 'Spoils'". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ Nolta, Brandon (2007-11-21). "USSA: The Spoils". Boise Weekly. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ Prato, Greg. "USSA: The Spoils". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-02-03.