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| Pitchfork |
 On their self-titled 2007 debut, L.A. Smell alumni HEALTH were a band going for broke, throwing everything-- noise, aggression, tribalist tendencies, spastic energy-- at the wall and barely waiting around long enough to watch it splatter. It was a nihilistic sound-- post-apocalyptic, even-- and even though you could hear distinct traces of noise-rock forbears Liars and Boredoms in their approach, the sheer energy of the thing seemed to suggest the potential for the band to carve out its own style. Fast-forward two years later and HEALTH's profile has risen considerably, thanks in part to the national-media focus on their DIY homebase the Smell, a solid remix album, and a coveted opening slot for Nine Inch Nails on one of that group's final tours.
All of the pieces were in place, then, for HEALTH to blow minds and unfasten jaws with the follow-up to their first release, Get Color. And when lead single "Die Slow" dropped a few months back, it seemed like they just might pull it off. The thrashing, industrial-disco track was easily the best thing the group had done to date, and it hinted that they had zeroed in on a more neatly defined aesthetic using a heavier focus on melody and song structure. So naturally the big question now is if the rest of Get Color lives up to the promise of "Die Slow". The answer is that it does... kind of....full text |
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| State |
The second offering from L.A. caps lock worriers HEALTH sets about proving that the boys can sit still long enough to write something that lasts beyond the one minute mark and manage to keep things interesting and perhaps even shake off the feeling that they are just an attention deficient, Yellow Pack version of Liars. A tall order one would think, but luckily Get Color is a pumped-up, defiant piece of work ready to disregard previous notions and take on all-comers.
Kicking off with the blistering speed metal intro ‘In Heat’ it may seem like business as usual but asit hurtles side long into the strangled metallic stutter of the magnificent ‘Die Slow’, with its air-whipped shoegazing vocals drowned in a sweating, pulsating industrial stew it’s obvious that the band are determined to throw some solid shape on their once skeletal form....full text |
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| Prefixmag |
| HEALTH's self-titled debut is essentially a love/hate record. You either really dig the band's oddball sonic bravery, or you think that they're consistently arhythmatic, noise-filled music is just the band screwing with you. Well, HEALTH has finished their sophomore album, Get Color, and judging by its first advance track, "Die Slow," the songs on this new record will sound more like, well, songs. HEALTH still maintains their distinctive tendency towards noise, so maybe they'll be able to win over the haters a second time around...full text |
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