Pissed Jeans - Honeys
Critic Score
Based on 30 reviews
2013 Ratings: #131 / 1115
User Score
Based on 59 ratings
2013 Rank: #319
February 12, 2013 / Release Date
LP / Format
Sub Pop / Label
Noise Rock / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
Consequence of Sound

Honeys is 36 minutes of an excellent band doing what it does best, approachability be damned.

85
Prefix
Honeys is the band’s ultimate thesis statement, grounding their past triumphs in cruel reality that, if not buffered by their expert sense of humor, would hit too close to home too many times to count.
81
Pitchfork

Without sacrificing visceral force, Pissed Jeans allow themselves enough versatility to keep Honeys intense and interesting throughout, fashioning a loser's history of alt.rock that honors some of the most abrasive bands to get a deal post-Nevermind

80
DIY

Pissed Jeans are loud, they're angry; they're buoyant, they're funny; they're introspective and melancholic. They're totally original, and of their time. They might actually be geniuses.

80
NOW Magazine

The music matches his angst: the chaotic, grungy riffs sometimes charge and sometimes churn, the drums and bass relentlessly pummel, Korvette wails, grunts and spews. It’s distancing stuff, though also hookier than earlier LPs.

80
Loud and Quiet
You will want it to stop, because it’s fucking horrible, but then, as Pissed Jeans’ fourth album blurts on, Stockholm Syndrome kicks in. You love your captor. You love that monstrous chug. You love that it pushes everything else impossibly louder and harder.
80
Slant Magazine
It’s this balance between relatable situations and off-color humor that makes Pissed Jeans’ songs so dynamic.
80
The Skinny
Suffering becomes laughter, boredom becomes drama. Scuzzy punk traditionalists or grunge revivalists? It's unimportant – Pissed Jeans are as hard to turn away from as a three-car pile-up.
80
The Line of Best Fit

Honeys is an album that lives on the edge, man. Or at least grew up there.

80
The 405

The latest batch of sonic terror heralds more than just reminiscing by numbers, the band have clearly explored and expanded their tastes and ideas for what this new LP should be.

80
Drowned in Sound

Honeys is a savvy, all-inclusive slab of disenchanted rage that doesn't hold back at any juncture.

80
No Ripcord

Honeys may be just another rash, blustering effort, but for the first time there’s a faint hint of accessibility seeping through the cracks. 

80
SPIN

They have a complete command of their craft: The riffs surge and explode without ever devolving into free-noise abstraction, and drummer Sean McGuinness pounds his kit like it reneged on a bet.

80
Tiny Mix Tapes

The non-stop purging of masculinist bile can be exhausting, but that can and should be considered a measure of success, a sign that, despite whatever growth has been exhibited, success hasn’t changed Pissed Jeans.

80
AllMusic
Fortunately, when the world has you feeling trapped, Pissed Jeans are there to help you rage out for a bit while you find some perspective.
80
PopMatters

Scathing and brilliant, this is a new level for Pissed Jeans, a band whose name begs us not to take them seriously, while their sound demands exactly the opposite.

80
musicOMH

While Honeys deals with the mundane and everyday it does so with such intense aggression, to almost theatrical levels, that it sounds as if it is the most important music in the world being committed to tape.

79
Paste

Like every Pissed Jeans album before it, Honeys is a unique balancing act of dumb and smart, as nimble as it is brash.

75
A.V. Club

Honeys rocks in the perverse way only Pissed Jeans can, and like past releases, it’s a slab of flank steak in an indie world rife with tenderized veal. 

75
Spectrum Culture

Simply put, Honeys is a difficult listen, and it’s not a record you’ll return to often … That said, turn to Pissed Jeans’ Honeys on those mornings after when you need some commiseration for your hangover headache and nausea.

70
The Needle Drop
On Pissed Jeans' latest effort the band still sounds, uh, pissed.
70
Under the Radar

It's one of the best recent examples of a band burning the schematics and retooling the machine to meet their desired output, regardless of whether said equipment defies standard noise ordinances.

70
NME

For the most part, ‘Honeys’ is a prime example of how the innovativeness of your chosen style matters not a jot, as long as you’re doing it with aplomb. And most importantly, having a bloody laugh.

60
The Fly

With the absurdist vocals of Matt Korvette – generously, a sort of post-hardcore David Thomas figure – too often inaudible, the band’s uncathartic noise can still test patience as well as nerves.

Jwallace1997
58

This missed the mark with me

Favorite Song: Health Plan

Least Favorite Song: Something About Mrs. Johnson

MasterCrackfox
74

I've always enjoyed this group as a chaotic mess of punk music bringing down the idea of male masculinity, and this album exhibits many of the great things about the hardcore punk outlet.

Favorite track: Health Plan

FinalLifeline
79

Vicious, raucous, and one hell of a good time, Honeys is exactly what I expected after hearing "Bathroom Laughter". One of the best indie punk releases of the year so far. So much fun, I may have pissed my jeans. Oh wait. Yep. Definitely did.

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Track List

  1. Bathroom Laughter
  2. Chain Worker 
  3. Romanticize Me
  4. Vain in Costume
  5. You're Different (In Person)
  6. Cafeteria Food
  7. Something About Mrs. Johnson
  8. Male Gaze
  9. Cathouse
  10. Loubs
  11. Health Plan
  12. Teenage Adult
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Added on: January 4, 2013