Boy HarsherBest Boy Harsher Albums Ranked

The Runner (Original Soundtrack)

nme

8.0

“Although he wasn’t the first to do it, horror director John Carpenter’s (Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween) self-composed soundtracks have shaped the genre almost as much as his visuals. Sure, 1972’s Bob Clark-directed anti-war parable Deathdream and its synthetic sadness precedes Carpenter’s directorial debut Dark Star by two years, while Doctor Who theme composer Delia Derbyshire was making unse”

Careful

nme

8.0

“Boy Harsher’s first album, 2016’s ‘Yr Body Is Nothing’, was a mildly terrifying grindhouse disco that mixed throbbing, brooding bass lines with muggy, claustrophobic beats and nihilistic, deadpan vocal delivery (“What can I give you? What do you want from me?” singer Jae Matthews intoned blankly on the title track). This new record is, in contrast, surprisingly loved-up. To be clear: the duo, con”

Careful

loudandquiet

8.0

“Reading the introducing statement to Boy Harsher’s new work is a misleading experience. Described as “an album of hypnotic and intense dance-floor ready meditations on attachment and love” one would expect ‘Careful’, the band’s second album, to be a collection of electro-pop tunes crafted to heat up the dancing crowds in a club. Well, that depiction isn’t particularly accurate. The inherent darkn”

Careful

pitchfork

7.2

“A decade after minimal wave seemed to reach its peak, the Massachusetts duo proves the style’s continued vitality.”

Careful

thelineofbestfit

7.0

“Boy Harsher turn up the cold for impressive second album”

The Runner (Original Soundtrack)

pitchfork

6.2

“On the soundtrack to an imagistic new film project, the darkwave duo’s limited palette verges on claustrophobia. Their winning formula hasn’t changed, but the music lacks drive.”