The Underside Of Power is righteous, vicious and vital. If the world is a stage, then at the moment it’s hard to think of a better house band than Algiers.
They just found the perfect way to interact with those times. Great protest art rarely remains tied to the era that produced it, and it’s likely that The Underside of Power will still have a lasting impact on listeners long after the man in the White House is a faded, distant memory.
On The Underside of Power, they assert that even amid violence, darkness, and horror, that the human spirit is affirmed through witness and resistance, leading not only to solace but to redemption.
With The Underside of Power, Algiers are providing a potent soundtrack to the modern uprising.
Algiers’ The Underside Of Power is an incredible undertaking and for the most part an incredible achievement.
Algiers blow the sophomore slump out of the water with The Underside of Power, a more intense and versatile album than the band's self-titled debut.
There’s a confrontational energy to The Underside of Power that encourages conversation, and not just rapturous abandon. It’s an unorthodox approach that immediately distinguishes them.
Whether or not punk is “back” amidst this wide range of artistic responses remains an open question, but if what the world needs right now is confrontational, unapologetic art, then The Underside of Power rises to the challenge and succeeds.
Gospel, punk, and noise fuse together for Algiers’ ambitious and chaotic second album. The songs burn with anger and grief, but lack cohesion to get the message across.
How the hell does this not have a user rating must hear yet, go listen to this album people!!!
In my journey of listening to the albums of the past decade, which for some reason did not enter my radar, Algiers delivers an album that I really didn't expect much, seeing the tags assigned to it, all I can say is: Don't come to this EP with some twisted bias, this project hits hard.
Revisiting and DAMN this shit slapsssss hAAAArd
I haven't been doing this rating stuff for long enough to properly respond to this. What am I supposed to say about an album that renders me dumbfounded? This is unhinged in a way I've never seen before. I'm speechless. Algiers, bravo.
There is so much life in this passionate BUSTER of an album :)
Infectious political statements
1 | Walk Like a Panther 3:10 | 80 |
2 | Cry of the Martyrs 4:03 | 77 |
3 | The Underside of Power 4:12 | 88 |
4 | Death March 4:31 | 78 |
5 | A Murmur. A Sign. 3:43 | 73 |
6 | Mme Rieux 3:34 | 74 |
7 | Cleveland 3:46 | 79 |
8 | Animals 2:33 | 78 |
9 | Plague Years 2:52 | 65 |
10 | Hymn for an Average Man 4:12 | 77 |
11 | Bury Me Standing 2:23 | 78 |
12 | The Cycle/The Spiral: Time to Go Down Slowly 5:25 | 83 |
#7 | / | Treble |
#9 | / | The Needle Drop |
#11 | / | PopMatters |
#13 | / | musicOMH |
#15 | / | American Songwriter |
#17 | / | Loud and Quiet |
#17 | / | Spectrum Culture |
#24 | / | State |
#24 | / | The Quietus |
#26 | / | Gigwise |