The Physical World is a secondary salvo that hits its mark with aplomb – let’s hope Death From Above’s next shot isn’t so long in loading up.
The Physical World is a perfect storm of groovy punk.
The Physical World is a triumphant statement that the two musicians have moved forward artistically.
The 10-year break has obviously served DFA 1979 well. They have returned hungry and wired to shake us out of our digital comas.
The Physical World is a tremendous, rollicking, riotous blast of an album.
The Physical World confirms everything we'd hoped for: DFA still know how to produce unstoppable energy, they still know how to push a bass guitar to its full capacity and they still know how to inject tonnes of fun into not just their product, but the wider spectrum of music itself
It's pretty remarkable that DFA were able to come back and deliver an album with all the pummeling power of their debut, and were also able to deepen and expand their sound without losing any of its visceral impact.
The Physical World more or less picks up where its decade old predecessor left off, which is admirable it itself.
Time may have moved on, but Death From Above 1979 remained in constant motion with it. Two for two, flawless victory - this is still the perfect band.
The Physical World isn't a mere re-tread. Many of these songs are far leaner than the drum and bass attack Keeler and Grainger offered on You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
With The Physical World, Death From Above 1979 both embraces its dance-punk roots and transcends them.
This album succeeds in ways You’re A Woman never could have, and for that, it requires commendation.
When they do get it right, as they frequently do on The Physical World, it does provide you with more than a simple nostalgia fix.
This is a wonderfully assured comeback record, but it’s also precisely more of the same
They're still delivering that winning blend of dance-punk energy with classic-rock aplomb, and it still feels plenty fresh.
The Physical World is built out of pieces of the band’s own past, but it hangs together beautifully, all sleek musculature and acrobatic riffs.
Returning a decade later, they're still crushing violent, angular riffs (see the hellacious "Government Trash"), but they're also writing catchier songs that bring out conventional rock influences.
The Physical World plays like DFA1979 fell out of a cryogenics tube a couple years ago, blissfully ignorant that anything like Wolfmother had ever happened. The duo run down their stoner riffs with as much conviction as when they first teased fuzz tones out of a bass amp.
On too much of The Physical World they sound like a pale imitation of themselves.
Banger Central
I’ve heard this album before, but I kinda forgot a lot about it, so here I am relistening to it. It’s definitely solid, and there’s a handful of tracks that are really good. I think that these guys are super unique in the grand scheme of things, considering that there is only two people in the band. The drummer also sings, which is pretty awesome and must be hard as hell to do. I know they have a pretty well respected debut album, but my mind went to this one ... read more
Cheap Talk - 8.5/10
Right On, Frankenstein! - 7.5/10
Virgins - 8/10
Always On - 7.5/10
Crystal Ball - 8.5/10
White Is Red - 9/10
Trainwreck 1979 - 8/10
Nothin' Left - 7.5/10
Government Trash - 6/10
Gemini - 7/10
The Physical World - 8/10
good songs with Amazing choruses and so much groove. But this has the same problem as many albums similar to this in my opinion. These riff heavy albums like this one and the two first Royal blood albums does not really have enough substance to listen to them outside of a workout or a car ride.
They are Amazing for those occasions but outside of that i usually just skip the songs.¨
Virgins is amazing.
1 | Cheap Talk 3:15 | 80 |
2 | Right On, Frankenstein! 3:05 | 78 |
3 | Virgins 3:08 | 68 |
4 | Always On 2:32 | 72 |
5 | Crystal Ball 2:51 | 72 |
6 | White Is Red 4:27 | 74 |
7 | Trainwreck 1979 3:46 | 79 |
8 | Nothin' Left 2:30 | 72 |
9 | Government Trash 3:00 | 74 |
10 | Gemini 2:25 | 67 |
11 | The Physical World 4:51 | 77 |
#12 | / | NME |
#22 | / | musicOMH |
#34 | / | Gigwise |
#55 | / | Pretty Much Amazing |