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90
The musicianship of the band has progressed to such an impressive point you get the feeling they could play anything and make it Iceage.
2mo
90
Iceage have clearly been up for the challenge with this album, which continues their growth but not at the expense of the band’s edge.
2mo
90
A stunning achievement that will restore even the most lapsed practitioner's faith in rock music.
2mo
90
Iceage continue heading directly for the stars on the sprawling and powerful Seek Shelter.
2mo
85
Seek Shelter is an album that surges irrepressibly from the outset and peaks at regular intervals over the course of its nine pieces. It represents Iceage’s most studied body of work to date.
2mo
83
For many once-unruly rock’n’roll bands, the shift to writing love songs is a tell-tale sign of maturation (if not outright stagnation), but even at its most sophisticated, Seek Shelter retains Iceage’s restless spirit.
2mo
83
Iceage’s desire to and subsequent success in reinventing the wheel from album to album and track to track makes them some of music’s finest renegades — a status that Seek Shelter emphatically cements.
2mo
83
Seek Shelter isn’t the big, era-defining statement, but a transitional album for the quintet, opening up the possibility of rock’n’roll in their arsenal. While this stylistic choice doesn’t fit 2021’s overarching trends, it proves just how good Iceage are at transforming their sonic interests into full-blown epics.
2mo
80
As before, the band’s indefatigable brio lends coherence to what could’ve been a series of wildly disparate parts. Indeed, the big swings taken here serve them just as well as the coiled intensity of their first releases.
3mo
80
At a time when you can’t see other people, let alone be in sweaty a room full of them, it’s a reminder of just how life-affirming music can be.
3mo
80
The boundaries of genre don’t really matter if the record holds up, and it does. Iceage may be seeking shelter, but they aren’t locking down.
2mo
80
‘Seek Shelter’ refuses to settle, restless and varied from start to finish. Thresholds for disorder are pushed to their limits, and their frenetic energy is barely contained.
2mo
80
A record that never sits still, an album of considerable polish and scope and by far the boldest thing the Danes have ever made, but also a album that still feels distinctly theirs.
2mo
80
At the centre of it all is a thoughtful, almost earnest lyrical throughline from frontman Elias Bender Rønnenfelt - not something many of us ever expected to hear from the band who brought us ‘New Brigade’.
2mo
80
Exploring increasingly adventurous songwriting terrains and expanding their studio capabilities whilst managing to retain some of the fire that once sparked up their engines, Iceage have delivered another tour de force.
2mo
78
Adding yet more wrinkles to their ever-evolving sound, Denmark’s Iceage further solidify themselves as a shining light in rock’s post-imperial era.
2mo
77
It’s almost foolishly over the top. It’s painfully poignant. It’s delightfully disheveled. It’s irresistible in its mystical doom. And we’d expect nothing less from Iceage.
2mo
70
Although it may not be their best, their blend of bitter and sweet still rings true. Iceage's rugged roots may be gone and perhaps there are less thorns, but Seek Shelter is still a rose by any other name.
2mo
70
At its best, it’s like coming alive and dying twice over. Those that are used to their favourite tunes packing an immediate punch may be left disappointed, but the time spent ruminating has clearly served them well.
2mo
70
Iceage's unruly energy can be at odds with Seek Shelter's grandeur, but only rarely is this at the expense of the album.
2mo
40
Where at first that can't-be-arsedness came off as refreshing stick-it-to-the-man apathy, now it feels like affectation ... Seek Shelter isn't the rebellious middle finger it thinks it is or wants to be.
2mo
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
The Ugly Duckling, a fable old as time, and one that shares parallels with the music of Iceage. Just as The Ugly Duckling found his appearance to be unattractive to some yet elegant to others, Iceage’s filthy, rather cathartic style of post-punk will off-put many yet be nothing short of chaotic bliss to others. Their trademark euphorically raw style created a niche for them within post-punk at a time when the genre was running on fumes. Melodies and ... read more
The Ugly Duckling, a fable old as time, and one that shares parallels with the music of Iceage. Just as The Ugly Duckling found his appearance to be unattractive to some yet elegant to others, Iceage’s filthy, rather cathartic style of post-punk will off-put many yet be nothing short of chaotic bliss to others. Their trademark euphorically raw style created a niche for them within post-punk at a time when the genre was running on fumes. Melodies and ... read more
The most basic type of rock that exists. songs made with simple lines of guitar, bass and drums.
The singer always singing with a voice that seems to be hungover. He sings as if he has just returned from a party and is drunk, but sad, because he did not want to be there.
Sometimes the songs are more agitated, and at other times they sound like ballads.
The formula used on this album has been used and abused many times by hundreds of other artists, but it is this simplicity that makes this ... read more
The singer always singing with a voice that seems to be hungover. He sings as if he has just returned from a party and is drunk, but sad, because he did not want to be there.
Sometimes the songs are more agitated, and at other times they sound like ballads.
The formula used on this album has been used and abused many times by hundreds of other artists, but it is this simplicity that makes this ... read more
Seek Shelter proviene, o surge al parecer como inspiración, de la bendita época de los 90's, se nutre, más específicamente, de lo mejor que el rock británico pudo ofrecer en ésa década; cuando oigo a los daneses me recuerdan a Supergrass, The Departure, Oasis, Blur y un largo largo etcétera. El quinto álbum de Iceage llega en un año en que el rock se ha visto sumamente opacado por una sórdida oleada de falsa ... read more
'90s throwback!
They keep just enough of their old flavour to make sure this falls the right side of sounding too derivative.
They keep just enough of their old flavour to make sure this falls the right side of sounding too derivative.
pitchfork.com
Iceage Share New Song “High & Hurt” 
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New Track: Iceage – “Gold City” 
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New Track: Iceage – “Shelter Song” 
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Track List
| 1 | Shelter Song 5:28 | 89 |
| 2 | High & Hurt 4:08 | 84 |
| 3 | Love Kills Slowly 4:09 | 81 |
| 4 | Vendetta 5:13 | 85 |
| 5 | Drink Rain 3:28 | 74 |
| 6 | Gold City 4:13 | 77 |
| 7 | Dear Saint Cecilia 4:50 | 79 |
| 8 | The Wider Powder Blue 4:25 | 74 |
| 9 | The Holding Hand 5:26 | 75 |
Total Length: 41 minutes
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2mo
just saw someone on rym call this Iceage's Stoned & Dethroned and I just wanna end it there
2mo
Now that Squid's outta the way, Fantano can finally give this a 9 and bump the score up, yes?
2mo
I almost forgot about this because of Squid's
Anyway this seems to be getting a rather positive reception :') glad to see that
Anyway this seems to be getting a rather positive reception :') glad to see that
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Added on: February 3, 2021