Daughters - Daughters
Critic Score
Based on 8 reviews
2010 Ratings: #106 / 924
User Score
2010 Rank: #50
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CRITIC REVIEWS

82
Pitchfork

Hardcore Daughters lovers will probably have plenty of bones to pick with this album. For everyone else, Daughters is a feast to be savored.

80
PopMatters
Now far removed from their grindcore past, Daughters are all the better for it on their third album.
80
Sputnikmusic
Daughters ended their career (until further notice) with a self-titled record that was partially disheartening, as their songwriting only marginally improved because it was countered by a sonic dissonance that never allowed for any significant dynamics. But that’s what Daughters wanted; an album recorded as max volume to be played at max volume.
80
Alternative Press

The drums and bass on their new, self-titled album create a punishing bedrock for the songs to set in, there's a semblance of melody in some parts, and when the band's trademark guitar stings pierce through Alexis Marshall's Danzig-esque howl, they're well paced and plotted.

80
The Needle Drop
Daughters' self-titled album is one of the best punishments I've had all year. In terms of being noisy and aggressive as hell, it's almost up there with that Little Women album I reviewed, but I could see this LP coming across as being a lot more accessible than that one.
80
Metal Injection
The experimental band is out in full force with “Daughters,” arguably creating their most finely crafted effort to date.
70
AllMusic

Daughters have been described as everything from mathcore or math metal to alternative metal to grindcore, but noise rock is the term that best captures Daughters in 2010 -- and make no mistake: this is an extremely noisy album.

70
Under the Radar
There's no giant compromise here: it's still a huge wreck of noise, ruthlessly delivering the Providence staples of dueling dissonant guitars and frantic bombast.
nah_
NR

Elvis Presley's long remembered ghost filtered behind experimental noise rock and a directionless scab of instrumentals and meandering hardcore music. If there was ever a record I could compare to a migraine, it'd be this one.

1/10

PipePanic
100

As insane and off the wall as their previous albums, but with a much groovier, fun, accessible and demented attitude that works wonders for the bands sound. The production has is exquisite here, perfectly capturing Daughters chaotic sound, and by god is it chaotic. It's almost idiotic how good, catchy and accessible this album sounds despite how crazy and off the wall this album gets, with each track delivers something new and interesting, all while still maintaining the almost scary riffs and ... read more

zachthesnack
86

Is it weird that I enjoyed this more than You Wont Get What You Want?

kanyewestlover7
80

im sick and i felt really tired when listening so i will need a relisten but for now this is the score. good album.

Simon1
72

It's interesting how Daughters constantly evolved through their discography. I mean, the consensus among Daughters' fans is basically that every album is better than the one before it.

Thus album is really different from Hell Songs, but it never reminds me of YWGWYW either. Unlike on Hell Songs, on this album you constantly get hit by a monolithic, though not at all homogenous wall of sound.

Overall, it's really the same level as Hell Songs for me. The previous album was more explosive, ... read more

95

Close to perfect, but its a mood i need to listen to this.

Also fuck the singer!

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