Oblivion Hunter

Lightning Bolt - Oblivion Hunter
Critic Score
Based on 6 reviews
User Score
Based on 62 ratings
2012 Rank: #389
Liked by 3 people
September 25, 2012 / Release Date
EP / Format
Load / Label
Noise Rock / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

72
Pitchfork

After so many years, albums, and shows, Lightning Bolt have grown into one of the fiercest bands on the planet. 

70
Tiny Mix Tapes

Oblivion Hunter recaptures missing pieces of the Lightning Bolt jigsaw and reconfigures them in a new context

50
PopMatters

Lightning Bolt often seem as if they are just frenetic energy, which is fun for a little while, but it gets boring pretty soon.

50
The 405

This less of a record and more of a collection of practice room recordings and half thought out ideas that would make a good companion piece for a die-hard fan of the Lightning Bolt discography

blackholefriend
75

not the most consistent lightning bolt project, but i still do love it. it sounds like a lesser version of Earthly Delights, which, yeah it's lesser, but coming from the noisy psychedelic Earthly Delights, it really can't be bad. thumbs up

Plats
59

There are a few tracks on Lightning Bolt's "Oblivion Hunter" EP that capture that noisy brilliance that has carried over from album to album... to a fault. There's also the rest of the tracklist, which suffers from a lack of new ideas and a hefty amount of repetition.

King Kandy: 9
Baron Wasteland: 8.5
Oblivion Balloon: 6.5
Fly Fucker Fly: 7
The Soft Spoken Spectre: 5.5
Salamander: 7
World Wobbly Wide: 5

-7.5

Score:
5.9
Okay

89

the last track sounds like a bass boosted 60s psychedelic jam

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Added on: September 24, 2012