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It's Real

pastemagazine

8.5

“Whoever Mary Timony’s singing to on It’s Real, Ex Hex’s sophomore follow up to 2014’s Rips, they’ve taken her on one dizzying rollercoaster ride. From start to end, It’s Real warps around “you,” more than likely the same person all the way through the record’s track list; Timony sings the same yearning for “you” on the opening song, “Tough Enough,” and on “Good Times,” “Want It to Be True,” all th”

Rips

pitchfork

8.4

“The debut album from Mary Timony's new band is the record of the summer, albeit one that's arrived two months too late—a collection of perfectly lean power-pop tunes that evoke Tom Petty and the Runaways while conjuring the unruly energy of contemporary mid-fi bashers like Thee Oh Sees.”

It's Real

rollingstone

8.0

“Mary Timony’s power trio returns with snarl, arena-scale roar, and real-world hurt.”

It's Real

nme

8.0

“Ex Hex’s debut album ‘Rips’ might’ve been released five years ago, but judging by the way it sounded – joyous, fuzzily euphoric punk rock–- you wouldn’t be surprised to hear it blaring out from a clapped up Chevy’s busted speakers as it roared around Manhattan’s East Village in the ’80s. With an eclectic resume in punk-rock – between them, Ex Hex members have played in bands ranging from The Aqua”

It's Real

pitchfork

7.8

“The second album from Mary Timony’s band suggests that the hard rock of debut Rips was no dalliance: This time, they mine the denim-clad AOR of Billy Squier and Foreigner.”

Rips

rollingstone

7.0

“This all-female trio are the most exciting thing to happen to hard-driving power-chord grooves since Kathleen Hanna kneed us in the groin with ''Rebel Girl.'' Ex Hex's debut, Rips, does what the title promises, from the Velvet Underground swagger of ''Hot and Cold'' to the pop-punk ''You Fell Apart,'' both about bad dude decisions (''Tried so hard not to forget/That you’re just a creep that I regr”