Range Anxiety

Twerps - Range Anxiety
Critic Score
Based on 18 reviews
2015 Ratings: #578 / 1021
User Score
Based on 63 ratings
2015 Rank: #365
January 27, 2015 / Release Date
LP / Format
Indie Pop / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

85
Paste

Range Anxiety is a great guitar record for people who love the guitar but not in the way that Guitar Center people love the guitar.

80
AllMusic

Range Anxiety is a great second album that reinforces the group's many strengths, ups the quality of the songs, and sounds a little more confident and powerful.

80
The Skinny

The Twerps’ influences may belie their Melbourne roots, but Range Anxiety is bigger and brighter than mere geography could ever hope to be.

80
FasterLouder

If you need something to keep you company while you lick your wounds, Range Anxiety will do very nicely indeed.

75
Pitchfork

Range Anxiety goes by in an instant, makes minimal demands, and is remarkably enjoyable for its simple pleasures. It may not have the heft to move you, but it’s gentle and never unwelcome.

75
The 405

Much of Range Anxiety was written in rehearsal rooms and studios, and feels more spontaneous, more jam-based, than their previous releases.

75
The Line of Best Fit
Unlike a vast amount of jangle-pop whose melodies reveal themselves and crawl under your skin upon repeated listens, Twerps’ are bold, brash, and insistent.
70
PopMatters

Range Anxiety is an album from another era, unlike those of other college rock followers namely because Twerps understand where they come from. They’re not caricatures; they’re all substance.

70
Exclaim!
For now, the band seem content to maintain the status quo and refine the elements that made them so appealing in the first place.
70
No Ripcord

Range Anxiety is a deeply considered listen, one that relinquishes the audacious idiosyncrasies of Underlay EP in favor of a more scrupulous and intrinsic approach.

60
Under the Radar

Highlights are too rare here, and not entirely impressive in and of themselves; such instances tend to stand out mostly because after a spin of Range Anxiety, one doesn't exactly expect much from Twerps.

CheapandLethal
75

Decent

usedtobe
80

Gorgeous, jangly guitar lines and dual male/female vocals are my thing. So much to love here.

90

This record plays like an indie rock greatest hits album. Just about every song here is a banger. This might be one of the freshest things going.

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Track List

  1. House Keys
  2. I Don't Mind
  3. Back to You
  4. Stranger
  5. New Moves
  6. White as Snow
  7. Shoulders
  8. Simple Feelings
  9. Adrenaline
  10. Fern Murderers
  11. Cheap Education
  12. Love at First Sight
  13. Empty Road

Year End Lists

#20/Newsweek
#33/FasterLouder
#33/Paste
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Added on: November 25, 2014