With One Beat, Sleater-Kinney have turned in an album that absolutely, positively OBLITERATES the gender card, an album so colossal that all prefixes to the label 'rock band' must be immediately discarded.
True, the group does occasionally fall into the angularity that made The Hot Rock their least immediate effort, but One Beat offers more rewards upon repeated plays -- the more challenging tracks eventually do sink in.
One Beat's hooks require a few passes to take hold. But the band's return to forward motion still feels like leadership.
With One Beat, S-K remind the moshing masses that punk spirit requires more than three-chord synchronicity.
With lyrics that mix gender inequity rants with cries against rabid "bombs not compassion" U.S. patriots, One Beat is more thoughtful and sombre than 2000's All Hands On The Bad One.
After a short 2 year break from releasing any new music, Sleater-Kinney returns with One Beat, what might just be their most underrated project in their entire discography. This album is very spunky and charming and manages to flex off the sound they would get super popular for with their next release just 3 years earlier. It really makes me wish this album got all the love and recognition The Woods got afterwards because this is arguably just as great as that album. This album has this ... read more
Another great release by the female Indie Rock powerhouse with some of their best songs and some hidden gems hidden within their for one of their most political charged and most punk styled releases.
Track Review
One Beat 10/10
Faraway 9/10
Oh! 9.5/10
The Remainder 8/10
Light Rail Coyote 8.5/10.
Step Aside 7.5/10.
Combat Rock 8.5/10.
Oxygen 7.5/10.
Funeral Song 8/10
Prisstina 7/10
Hollywood Ending 7.5/10.
Sympathy 8/10
Average: 8.3/10
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After a short 2 year break from releasing any new music, Sleater-Kinney returns with One Beat, what might just be their most underrated project in their entire discography. This album is very spunky and charming and manages to flex off the sound they would get super popular for with their next release just 3 years earlier. It really makes me wish this album got all the love and recognition The Woods got afterwards because this is arguably just as great as that album. This album has this ... read more
Call her your pisstina
She's such a pissy girl
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1 | One Beat 3:08 | 90 |
2 | Far Away 3:44 | 91 |
3 | Oh! 3:56 | 92 |
4 | The Remainder 3:36 | 82 |
5 | Light Rail Coyote 3:08 | 84 |
6 | Step Aside 3:44 | 85 |
7 | Combat Rock 4:46 | 92 |
8 | O2 3:29 | 83 |
9 | Funeral Song 2:47 | 86 |
10 | Prisstina 3:30 | 84 |
11 | Hollywood Ending 3:18 | 84 |
12 | Sympathy 4:15 | 89 |