Say Yes to Love (album)

Say Yes to Love
Studio album by
Perfect Pussy
ReleasedMarch 18, 2014
Genre
Length22:56
LabelCaptured Tracks
ProducerShaun Sutkus

Say Yes to Love is the only studio album by American punk rock band Perfect Pussy, released on March 18, 2014, through Captured Tracks.[1][2]

Composition

Say Yes to Love digs into "febrile" noise punk / "ferocious", "peppy and articulate" noise rock, along with "agile" DIY garage punk.[3][4] It sees the band "revel in their hardcore fury", yielding a "relentlessly noisy" take on the genre.[5][6] It also works in "visceral, jarring" and "brutal" punk rock.[7][8] Indie and riot grrrl sounds also appear.[4][9]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.8/10[10]
Metacritic77/100[11]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[12]
The A.V. ClubB−[13]
Consequence of SoundB[2]
Exclaim!8/10[3]
NME8/10[14]
Pitchfork8.6/10[15]
Q[16]
Rolling Stone[17]
Spin8/10[5]
Uncut8/10[18]

Jessica Goodman and Ryan Kistobak of The Huffington Post included the album on their list of 2014's best releases, calling it "a 23-minute full-throttle sprint".[19]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Perfect Pussy (Meredith Graves, Ray McAndrew, Garrett Koloski, Greg Ambler and Shaun Sutkus)[20]

No.TitleLength
1."Driver"2:16
2."Bells"1:41
3."Big Stars"2:19
4."Work"2:08
5."Interference Fits"3:03
6."Dig"1:23
7."Advance Upon the Real"5:04
8."VII"4:35
Total length:22:56

Note: In addition to the full album, the iTunes version of Say Yes to Love also contains four live tracks from the cassette Say Yes to Live, namely "Bells" and "Advance Upon the Real" from this album and "I" and "III" from I Have Lost All Desire for Feeling.

The version of the album featured on Bandcamp combines "Advance Unpon the Real" with "VII" and adds, as a download exclusive, the band's cover of The Sugarcubes' "A Leash Called Love".[21]


References

  1. ^ "Perfect Pussy Announce Debut LP Say Yes to Love, Share "Driver"". Pitchfork. January 15, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Geffen, Sasha (March 19, 2014). "Perfect Pussy – Say Yes to Love". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Hudson, Alex (March 14, 2014). "Perfect Pussy: Say Yes to Love". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
  4. ^ a b Simon Chandler. "Perfect Pussy: Say Yes to Love". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  5. ^ a b Mejia, Paula (March 11, 2014). "Perfect Pussy Revel in Their Hardcore Fury on 'Say Yes to Love'". Spin. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  6. ^ Kate Bennett (March 28, 2014). "Perfect Pussy: Say Yes to Love (Captured Tracks) Review". Under the Radar. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  7. ^ Brice Ezell (March 20, 2014). "Perfect Pussy: Say Yes to Love". PopMatters. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  8. ^ Samuel Tolzmann. "Review: Say Yes to Perfect Pussy". Pretty Much Amazing. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  9. ^ Louis Pattison (24 March 2014). "Say Yes to Love - Fact Magazine". Fact. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
  10. ^ "Say Yes To Love by Perfect Pussy reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  11. ^ "Reviews for Say Yes to Love by Perfect Pussy". Metacritic. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
  12. ^ Phares, Heather. "Say Yes to Love – Perfect Pussy". AllMusic. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
  13. ^ Anthony, David (March 18, 2014). "Perfect Pussy suffers a premature identity crisis on its debut LP". The A.V. Club. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
  14. ^ Avron, Hayley (March 14, 2014). "Perfect Pussy – 'Say Yes To Love'". NME. Archived from the original on March 18, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  15. ^ Zoladz, Lindsay (March 17, 2014). "Perfect Pussy: Say Yes to Love". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
  16. ^ "Perfect Pussy: Say Yes to Love". Q (333): 116. April 2014.
  17. ^ Sheffield, Rob (March 18, 2014). "Say Yes to Love". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  18. ^ "Perfect Pussy: Say Yes to Love". Uncut (203): 78. April 2014.
  19. ^ Goodman, Jessica; Kristobak, Ryan (December 15, 2014). "The 23 Best Albums of 2014". The Huffington Post. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  20. ^ "Say Yes to Love on iTunes" Perfect Pussy, iTunes, December 10, 2014.
  21. ^ "Say Yes to Love". Retrieved January 27, 2021.



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