Critic Score
Based on 5 reviews
2023 Ratings: #353 / 787
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2023 Ratings: #39
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Critic Reviews

85
Beats Per Minute

Dogsbody chronicles experiences on the outer fringes of society’s gaze, a mind on the brink of madness, caked by a voice flirting with mysticism and malevolent luciferian delusions.

84
Spectrum Culture
Model/Actriz have created their own language for pain, shame and desire, and it is difficult to imagine its visceral force not translating to emotional exorcism.
82
Pitchfork
On its debut album, the New York band’s expertly contained noise-rock din is the perfect foil to frontman Cole Haden’s white-hot charisma.
80
The Needle Drop
This thing goes very fucking hard.
56
Sputnikmusic
There is talent here, and maybe - just maybe - potential for the kind of future offering that might carve out its own identity in this NPC graveyard-scene of dissociated reference artists.
SongOfTheFens
90

Dogsbody is like getting fucked by a synth from Fallout. Like a hot synth with a big synth dick and a dictionary.com tab of raunchy words it has open in its robot computer brain that it can whisper in your ear. So it's pretty hot. But you do have a cold metal robot penis in your butt, and you have no idea what’s gonna happen when it… ejaculates? But its not like you're having a bad time, so keep on pumping, you delectable humanoid synthetic individual.

BaddieBaphomet
90

NO NUANCE REVIEW

This record is for my mentally ill girlies. Hotties with trauma only. If you’re not a bad bitch with issues you need to work through this record is not for you, you wouldn’t get it

for real tho this year has been so good so far holy shit

UltimateLifeFrm
90

Menacing bangers all around!

This is a very difficult album to interpret into words. From what I can gather based on the lyrics, it sounds like the perspective of the lead singer being trapped in an abusive relationship, but appears to become submissive to the physical pain he's suffering from.

What makes it more noticeable is the way Cole Haden sings each word with such a uncomfortably low range that makes him sound like he's broken and incapable of recovering before breaking into a ... read more

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90

Absolutely insane noise rock

F1uentzz
93

"More body count than a mosquito" heck yeah
They have perfected the art of dance-punk on this one.
This thing provides the most raw, tension building environment which I absolutely love

Charl13
80

An album that basically demands you to be doing something stressful while listening to it

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Track List

1Donkey Show
3:10
90
2Mosquito
3:12
90
3Crossing Guard
4:44
89
4Slate
3:23
90
5Divers
4:00
80
6Amaranth
3:37
89
7Pure Mode
3:07
87
8Maria
3:26
86
9Sleepless
5:49
84
10Sun In
3:24
88
Total Length: 37 minutes
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