Reality Awaits

pastemagazine

The band’s first album in six years is a far weirder and more challenging listen than The New Abnormal, but that’s largely for the better: the lyrics probe more deeply, weaving deadpan humor with surreal observations, while the music swerves into all sorts of jarring detours.

Emmy

nme

on playful, powerful form

rollingstone

The veteran band’s latest album is an at times thrilling, often inscrutable, sometimes straight-up bizarre addition to their story

allmusic

The band continues in the vein of The New Abnormal, exploring corruption, regret, aging, and nostalgia with numbed-out maximalism.