Chomp

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Based on 1 review
User Score
Based on 127 ratings
1983 Ratings: #118
January 1, 1983 / Release Date
LP / Format
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Calvino
71

What a cool album artwork for such a cool album.

When I was doing my Devo discography dive I stumbled across Pylon and their album Chomp and I knew based on the one song I heard and the cool artwork that I needed to give this a shot, boy am I glad I did. This album is super cool dark chill mixed with some of that funky New Wave sound that makes it stand out in the crowd. It may not change up its' sound a whole lot but the vocals and production keep this album interesting from front to ... read more

OldTask
70

Who knew that punk could be a pleasant listen, it like goes against the entire identity of the genre but it fucking works???? It took a while for me to warm up to this album but as it went along I started enjoying myself more. Plus the female voice is very nice and fits the grooves of the album well. It's a well produced album and the forty two minutes go by pretty quickly and it's over before you know it. For now I think it's a solid album but it can easily have it grow on me in further ... read more

firegold763
75

DINO ALBUM!

I found this album in the new wave rym chart so I said why not give it a try? It has a dino as a cover.
It starts pretty strong, the first couple of songs are very good new wave tracks, and I have to say very Talking Heads inspired tracks. After "Crazy" the album kinda falls off, with all the other tracks being just decent, only the last two tracks are a little bit better.

It seems like that after a while it becomes too repetitive and the riffs aren't interesting enough ... read more

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Adam3ds
73

It's a cool mashup of 80's genres with a pretty unique sound. It's good for the most part but does feel a bit repetitive at times.

OnlyShallow
70

5/1/2026 - Album #9 of 2026

Favourite Track:
Beep

First Listen

Plookeduah
39

bit punkier than the last dance-punk project I heard… but it’s like, eh still

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Track List

1K
4:32
83
2Yo-Yo
4:14
83
3Beep
3:23
83
4Italian Movie Theme
2:01
78
5Crazy
3:13
92
6M-Train
3:48
70
7Buzz
2:58
73
8No Clocks
2:57
80
9Reptiles
3:56
75
10Spider
3:58
70
11Gyrate
4:06
80
12Altitude
3:19
80
Total Length: 42 minutes
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