Wolf EyesBest Wolf Eyes Albums Ranked

No Answer: Lower Floors

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8.2

“The vocal-heavy No Answer is  the clearest and most detailed record in Wolf Eyes' vast catalogue. There’s little in the way of buried elements or blurred dissonance; in fact, much of the album could be accurately described as minimal.”

Human Animal

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8.2

“The Sub Pop noise group returns with another collection of tracks exploring the cycle of tension and release.”

Dead Hills - EP

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8.2

“Dennis Cooper's novel *My Loose Thread* opens with a high school student named Larry seated in a parked car at dusk, on a hill overlooking his town. With him is the nameless boy he's recently been hired to kill by Gilman Crowe, a senior with a fake Neo-Nazi streak. The boy finds all sorts of aesthetic and emotional pleasure in watching people in the town below turn their lights on one by one as th”

Burned Mind

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8.0

“This Michigan-based noise trio has risen to notoriety over the past few years not just as Sonic Youth's attention-getting opening act of choice, but on the strength of their wildly divisive, abrasive, and in fact, downright excruciating full-lengths. Burned Mind, the group's Sub Pop debut, is among the most visceral, caustic records you're likely to hear all year. What we're saying is, the underground has a new Merzbow.”

I Am a Problem: Mind in Pieces

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7.8

“For close to two decades, the constantly morphing Michigan trio Wolf Eyes have churned out releases, inspired other low-budget noise-auteurs, and galvanized scenes both locally and globally. I Am a Problem: Mind in Pieces, their first record for Jack White's Third Man imprint, oozes with eerie tones and seat-edge momentum.”

Always Wrong

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7.4

“Michigan noise trio keeps plugging along, crafting massive textures, severe sonics, and daunting tension from all kinds of sources.”