Stuffed & Ready
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LP / Format
Secretly Canadian / Label
Indie Rock / Genre
Carlos de la Garza / Producer
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Critic Reviews
100
A crystalline, searingly honest record that feels as broad-reaching as it does intimate.
7y
90
More than just introspective, the album is a sign of change for the band, who has seena few lineup changes.
7y
85
Cherry Glazerr have managed to put beauty in the anger on Stuffed & Ready. At times, the lyrics are surprisingly introspective for one seemingly so self-assured, yet there is a sense of empowerment which contradicts the themes of vulnerability presented too.
7y
80
With Stuffed & Ready, Creevy’s signature irreverence has been transposed into scathing exasperation. The album rages against a hostile, misogynistic world, and then directs its venom inward.
7y
80
Clem’s stark vulnerability on ‘Stuffed & Ready’ is what makes this such an admirable effort, from both the virtuosity in the lyrics, and the layers of noise that create an ambience, unlike the rest.
6y
80
While Stuffed & Ready shares the glossy sheen and excellent songwriting of its predecessor, 2017’s Apocalipstick, the former is darker and more insular both musically and lyrically.
7y
80
More inward-looking than their previous records, the alternative rockers’ raucous new album is a soul-searching triumph, smoothing over their DIY edge for a greater sense of depth and maturity.
7y
80
With its personal perspectives on the effects of the current cultural zeitgeist, Cherry Glazerr's Stuffed & Ready is not simply a great rock record, but an important document in the early days of 2019.
7y
75
On these 10 songs, the founder, singer, and guitarist Clementine Creevy sounds like she heard about some unacceptable bullshit and came into the studio the next morning, red-eyed and short-tempered and uninterested in hiding it.
7y
70
‘Stuffed & Ready’ is more of Cherry Glazerr’s successes: the album is raw, desolate, and affecting.
7y
70
Apart from just slamming harder, Stuffed and Ready also tells a more cohesive story, as Creevy rocks out to her own soul-searching.
7y
70
In the place of a unified sound exists a pop/grunge two-step that twirl around one another in a marvellously effective imitation of artifice and the ugliness it covers - weaving a thoroughly enjoyable record in the process.
6y
70
They’ve focussed their sound; laid back surf vibes have given way to crunch just as synths have given full way to guitars ... The potential was there from the beginning. It’s nice to see that they’ve realised it.
7y
60
Cherry Glazerr have been carving out their own space since Creevy was in her teens. And there’s so much of that spirit in Stuffed & Ready, you can almost smell it.
7y
60
Stuffed & Ready may not be Cherry Glazerr's most upbeat moment, but that doesn't mean it should be their most tedious as well.
7y
60
With its gnarly riffs and big, dark, emotionally weighty numbers, there’s something claustrophobic about its vibe.
7y
60
While the best material here represents stylistic evolution or at least enhancement of the best parts of Cherry Glazerr's recent sound, Stuffed & Ready as a whole spoils quickly, fizzling from righteous anthems of anger and self-questioning into monotonous and self-absorbed alt-rock rewrites.
7y
40
The third album by LA band Cherry Glazerr was almost called Hairy People Trying Not to Die. You wish they’d stuck with it just to add a glimmer of levity to a record mired in misery and self-imposed isolation.
7y
(Analbumaday Day 74)
This was a fun listen! The opener, Ohio, is an absolute banger, so that made me very enthusiastic about the rest of the album. While I don’t think the rest of the album lived up to Ohio, it certainly was no let down, definitely a solid indie rock album that shows Cherry Glazerr has established a style and rolls with it well. It wasn’t a stand out result, it was fun but didn’t wow me all that much, sometimes the vocal modifications were questionable or the ... read more
With its third album, the Californian band declares with enjoyable self-confidence that it's on the right track, stuffed and ready, to accelerate, using the appropriate speed to stand out from the rest.
Overall rating - 8.5/10
10/10’s: Stupid Fish and Distressor
Favorite: Stupid Fish (10/10)
Least Favorite: Wasted Nun (8/10)
No skip album!
We didn't know back then that Cherry Glazerr is really just Clem and whoever she can rope in at the time, or that this was the end point of phase one. Things have slowed down and mellowed somewhat since, but Stuffed & Ready is a busy buzzy and bloody noisy coda to an era of sorts.
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Track List
| 1 | Ohio 2:51 | 92 |
| 2 | Daddi 3:11 | 91 |
| 3 | Wasted Nun 3:18 | 94 |
| 4 | That's Not My Real Life 2:57 feat. Delicate Steve | 88 |
| 5 | Self Explained 3:36 | 96 |
| 6 | Isolation 3:03 | 95 |
| 7 | Juicy Socks 3:13 | 99 |
| 8 | Pieces 2:14 | 95 |
| 9 | Stupid Fish 4:13 | 94 |
| 10 | Distressor 3:22 | 98 |
Total Length: 31 minutes
