Glueland

Critic Score
Based on 5 reviews
User Score
Based on 211 ratings
2021 Ratings: #593
March 12, 2021 / Release Date
EP / Format
Exact Truth / Label
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Critic Reviews

90
DIY

It doesn’t all make sense, but you sense that’s the point.

80
NME

They remain committed to their sometimes sleazy, acerbic musical identity but flirt with new angles both lyrically and sonically; a reclined and assured follow-up that oozes their lovable dark traits and shows no threat of getting caught up in the pack.

80
Dork

This is far from your dime-a-dozen post-punk EP, sharing far more in spirit with the eclectic origins of the genre than their often resolutely riff-centric peer group.

80
Gigwise

Do Nothing have made great leaps and bounds with the Glueland EP: they’ve taken their sound and really pushed it to something unique.

Chode
60

Yet another up-and-coming British post-punk band that’s impressing me right off the bat! They just don't stop!

I’ll keep this review short since we've got such a short project on our hands, running at a meager five tracks and seventeen minutes. Embracing a dance-punk sound, circa the likes Franz Ferdinand Parquet Courts, Do Nothing have come through with a more melodic yet just as chockablock with groovy magnetism follow-up to 2020’s Zero Dollar Bill EP. For anyone who is ... read more

squelchy
75

I have no idea who this band is but I love them now. Sometimes post-punk can sound quite lifeless to me, but it's hard not to love it when it's this high-energy and fun.

Music_Nerds
40

While I’ve been loving the current post-punk revival in a scene like this individuality is so damn important. BCNR/Squid/Dry Cleaning/Shame/Tv Priest amongst others this year have all carved their own path and all have their own thing going on and add something powerful to the rising style. Sadly, here on this EP I get absolutely nothing of value to add to my listening, very meh and uninspired I’m afraid.

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Mendemmm
72

Generic postpunk pero la bateria esta bien tocada, puntos extra porque no imitan solo a squid al menos buscaron más a quien copiar

FritoRio
60

underwhelming

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