Triage is a spectrum of colour and abstract character, stained with a unique personality. Thanks to this approach, Triage is the finest work from Methyl Ethel yet.
This isn’t music to be taken in completely on the first listen. It’s eerie, complex, heart wrenching even.
Methyl Ethel have reached great new heights with this stellar effort.
Triage offers Methyl Ethel's most immersive collection to date.
‘Triage’ is ingrained with a sound of the past, rebooted for 2019 but its themes are relatable and universal; surely that can’t be bad?
Unlike the immediacy definition of the album’s title, Triage is slow-burner that’s magic is revealed on repeated listens.
Every song from Methyl Ethel’s latest album seems like it is trying to outdo all the others and that is never a bad thing. Triage is probably their best album yet because they only seem to be competing with themselves, which makes for the best form of uncompromising music.
The first truly outward-facing Methyl Ethel album should go over well with plenty – a little less restraint next time out, though, might expand their reach even further.
Solidly catchy melodies abound, from the gambolling opener Ruiner to the stately, processional closer No Fighting – the sort of tunes that happily enliven Urban Outfitters’ changing rooms but don’t quite grab your soul.
Methyl Ethel's second album, Everything Is Forgotten, was utterly hypnotic in how it pulled together repetition and percussion ... Triage is worthwhile in its own right, but it falls just short.
It is a pleasing effort nonetheless and confirms Methyl Ethel to be a band consistent not only in the style of their output but in the quality also.
An often-dazzling, albeit inconsistent, third record from Perth's new pop masters.
A couple tracks break from the tired formula and show Methyl Ethel can actually create something unique and entertaining.
At its best, Triage is boring. At its worst, it feels like it’s staring at you in hopes you can bail it out, all the while wiping flop sweat off its brow.
1 | Ruiner 4:19 | |
2 | Scream Whole 4:12 | |
3 | All the Elements 4:23 | |
4 | Trip the Mains 3:49 | 97 |
5 | Post-Blue 5:16 | |
6 | Real Tight 3:16 | |
7 | Hip Horror 3:56 | |
8 | What About the 37º? 3:49 | |
9 | No Fighting 4:04 |