Le Tigre

This sounds like it's the best album from a decade that doesn't exist. It's a weird amalgam of 60s, 80s and punk. If you described this to me in any way, it would be all the things I hate about music. And I fucking love it! This should have been much more of a thing, it should have been emulated, started a trend. How did it not?

Yes yes yes yes yes yes!!! This is one of my all-time favourite albums ever!!! Kathleen Hanna is THE 90s badass feminist hero I needed. I love the aggressively screeching vocal tones she brings to her performances and I also love the soft vulnerable side she shows. Women are strong powerful beings and we’re unstoppable when we’re given space to speak our minds freely and exist in a respected space. She has such a unique perspective and communicates it so unapologetically. I love every minute of this album: it gives you a killer in your face balls to the walls opener with Deceptacon, then takes you through a winding and frenetic feminist journey celebrating pride, iconic women, New York, and art that culminates with an impassioned moment of gratitude for music and people who make a difference in our lives with Les and Ray. I love the way that song sounds and the genuine appreciation for divergent lifestyles and alternative pathways that it expresses. It fucking rocks so fucking hard! It’s so wildly and daringly different from everything else that was on the market in 1999 and I salute it.

Brief story: prior to today, my only exposure to Le Tigre was this godawful song they released through Pitchfork in 2016, in support of Hillary Clinton, called "I'm With Her." I saw it then, and rewatched it today, and both times I've felt like it's possibly the worst piece of art ever created. May have singlehandedly given the election to Trump, just unbelievably embarrassing stuff. What's more punk rock than campaigning for a Clinton? The video is on youtube, with comments disabled (and dislikes don't exist anymore), but you can bet your ass this thing was lampooned to oblivion. So with that as the backdrop, I was gleefully bracing myself for a prequel, bracing for the worst punk shit I've ever heard. But damn, this album's actually really fun. Some really cool, engaging instrumentals, the lyrics are outraged, outrageous, and political in a way that's, at least for me, tongue in cheek and obviously more genuine than anything having to do with Hillary Clinton. "Deceptacon" is a drop dead classic man, I swear I've heard that before. If it's not canonized, it should be. The "what's your take on Cassavetes" track is seriously funny, I don't know if they're expecting us to take this seriously but I had a good time laughing with these songs. "Dude Yr so Crazy" too, just a list of buzzwords, it's so funny. Again, based on the atrocity that they committed in 2016, I'm afraid they may be genuine in all of this, which may work to their detriment. Otherwise, they're in on the joke on this album, and they purposely made the worst song of all time to secretly throw the election for Trump? I'm getting brainworms, ignore me. Great album though. Favorite tracks: Deceptacon, What's Yr Take on Cassavetes, Slideshow at Free University, Dude Yr so Crazy. Album art: I honestly love this one. Bright, popping colors. Headshots on the side like they were printed from a photobooth, and the lo-fi homemade look is certainly fitting. Really fantastic cover. 4/5

Another punk/pop punk/post-punk band that I've only ever heard of and never really given a chance. Le Tigre come out of the blocks swinging and don't let up until they've left a trail of destruction in their wake. They've got a Rudy Giuliani protest song that's relevant 21 years later. Best track: Deceptacon

Le Tigre by Le Tigre (1999) Tiny tiny voices scream histrionic bleats about god-knows-what, from a flash-in-the-pan morality that not only doesn’t age well—it doesn’t age at all. Their pronouns are so offensive. The litany of heroes in the musically mechanical “Hot Topic” makes their cookie cutter political/cultural stance clear, but could we get some depth? Or even a bit of detail? Here’s a revealing snippet from “Eau D’Bedroom Dancing”: “There's no time for me to act mature. The only words I know are "more", "more" and "more". No one to criticize me then.” Read some Rimbaud, girls. I picture these songs being sung while the young ladies are on the playground jumping rope. The ‘music’ is stumbled across, not composed; canned, not performed. The recording is flawed with distortion on the lead ‘vocals’ and a horrible mix. The best voice performance on this record is the intro to “Phanta” (you’ll have to listen to get the joke). No gimmick on this 1999 album hadn’t already been done over and over. Even girls cussing in a junior-high-school-sounding timbre. They seem unaware of (more likely unconcerned by) the way this comes across to men. There’s a certain menace at work here. It validates every misogynistic trope. 1/5

Couldn't stand it

Really enjoyed. Hard rocking beats with feminist message.

This is wildly unique to anything I've heard. First time listening to this group and I am floored. I'm 428 albums into this project and this banger is easily in the top 20 of what I've heard so far. The vocals and the vocal delivery are outstanding. Brilliant album in my opinion.

I was expecting punk screaming but this was a really fun album to listen. A good mix of punk and rock with a bit of electronic. Good for a morning jog!

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lots of yelling out of tune

I found it really annoying

the raw weirdness of this electronic rock is super refreshing. “Deceptacon” is such a strong start but I wanted to hear MORE like it. something was missing - I loved it though. I feel like it had some 60s pop & early 80s Brit rock influences wrapped with a modern American sound which was cooollll. the songs were janky but it worked with sometimes simple lyrics paired with rough guitar. very good 😈

Great opening track, cool fuzz guitars, like the vocal delivery, lots of interesting sounds and noises worked in to the music, but... pretty repetitive, most songs plod along but don't really go anywhere. Happy to listen to the odd track here and there, but can't imagine ever going back for a full album. (2.7)

A forgettable, boring ass record from a late to the party girl punk group that brought exactly nothing new or entertaining. 1/5

Some parts are more tolerable than others, and the singer will test your patience, but redeemable enough to avoid a 1.

Loud, unapologetic riot grrrl music was exactly what I needed on the day that a 78-year old white man tried to define what it means to be female by executive order. Fuck that.

Love it. I really love this sound. I've been reading a book about Riot Grrrl and Kathleen Hanna so I'm quite invested in the genre at the moment. It's such a raw sound and really feels like people just making music for the sake of music with proper political though and force behind it which I don't think you see as much these days because social media gives a simpler avenue for political opinion.

F me what a blast it was listening to this album. How have I never heard of this band before? So much energy off the hop; loved it from the very first beats of Deceptacon. Simple but wicked beats and a wicked tongue. Very clever lyrics packed into a bunch of catchy 3 minute songs. They combine the melody of Throwing Muses/the Breeders and the anger of L7 (listen to Phanta). No one is spared their glare (eh Cassavetes?) and ahead of their time in calling out Giuliani (on My My Metrocard). Maybe I'm overreacting to how much this album caught me by surprise but it's at least a 4. Going back for a hell of a lot more of these grrrls.

Le Tigre seems a bit lazy on purpose. I appreciate the punk vibe they are apparently going for, but I always thought specifically of "Hot Topic" as a pop-culture store that tries-hard to be a punk-culture store, and by try-hard I don't mean the good kind. I think it's cool that the band pushes for feminism. But I think they push a bit too much, making it their identity instead of just part of who they are. I think if I had heard this album when I was a teenager I would have liked it a lot more than I do today. Now they sound like an audio STD, and I don't want to hang out with the band. I give it 2/5.

This shit is great. I know I keep giving five stars but this album deserves it too! Its a lot of fun. Great for silly dancing.

Infectious energy from start to finish on this release. It’s got fun shouts, it’s got humour, fresh danceable beats, snark, it’s great. I was familiar with Kathleen Hanna’s 90’s act Bikini Kill which is also great, this just has more bounce. There’s still some political charge behind the songs but they’re delivered with some pep. My My Metrocard voices their displeasure of slime bag mayor Giuliani, basically a fuck you with a smile. Well this album sure made me smile. 5 stars

ok this absolutely slaps. what a great album... my first thought after putting it on was "damn this album is so much cooler than i am." it's like bikini kill plus devo and draws from the 60s, 80s, and FUTURE music from the far-off year 2000 and beyond. everything sounds unique and interesting and fresh. remember that this was happening in 1999, about a decade before every indie album sounded like this and pitchfork loved it. speaking of pitchfork, that hillary clinton song was somethin else. but i digress... favorites: i listed twice and liked every song but let's run, friendship station, and les and ray

Oh yeah, the feminist/political lyrics, unusual beats and sounds, vivacious care-free women in the 90s kind of vibe, and the excellent guitar and drums all mix together to make this an album which is firmly rooted right up Denny street haha! Love it! Another new discovery for me and it's reminding me of Wet Leg which is a band I'm currently super excited about, maybe they're an inspiration? Deceptacon feels like Deja vu to me, I've definitely heard this tune somewhere but I don't think I've watched any of the stuff in the feature list so I have no idea where I've heard it.

What a delight this album was. A retro sound of early 80s new wave/punk, itself evoking 1960s pop, with so much brilliance to say in a clever way. Put a big smile on my face.

I have heard of this band, but was not actually familiar with this album at all. On first listen, I thought that it was interesting. On the second, I thought, I like these ladies. As I did a quick third overview, I decided I really really like Le Tigre.

Wheeeeeee! What a fun ride. Surprises around every corner. My new musical crush.

I had received the song “Deceptacon” on a mixtape from a friend in the early 2000s and really liked it. I should have taken the cue to investigate Le Tigre further! This album kicks ass and sounds great doing it! References to Cassavetes?! The main single listing feminist icons?! Fuck Giuliani!? Count me in! Every song on this appealed immediately to me. The lo-fi instruments are magic in their hands. The lyrics seem very personal. I love it! On the first listen this seems to have become my favorite punk album.

this came out in '99!?

this is definitely a perfect punk album for me, it just hits everything flawlessly the production is amazing with all the electronic drums and weird samples Kathleen’s singing and vocals are fucking perfect in every song the writing is also really cool and can get pretty meta and with so many weird, amazing songs like the hilariously literal What’s Yr Take on Cassavetes or the groovy, spoken-word-sample Slideshow at Free University it’s got perfect songs for if you just wanna fuck shit up, like Deceptacon or The the Empty and it’s got perfect songs for if you just wanna vibe out, like Les and Ray or Eau D’bedroom Dancing I don’t have a single issue with this perfect, perfect, punk, new wave, feminist masterpiece - this is an 11 out of 10 I gotta check out Kathleen Hanna’s other stuff

That was so under the radar. I listened to it twice in a row. Gotta be 5 stars

Bob lsponge

this is probably not something i'll revisit often (besides the first song, which I really liked) but i do think this is a genuinely important addition to the list. always great to see more women on here and this genre in particular is underrepresented. to the guy who left the most misogynistic 1-star review calling it "histrionic screeching" - i'm going to egg your house.

While it does stumble as it goes on, leading to bouts that don't quite get the listener as engaged, the majority of the album has this perfect blend of raw energy perfect for a punk album while still having a more, well, 90s side, that allows for the listener to not only get up and dance to the grooves, but also feel like they're rebelling against something along with the band, and that makes it feel like the perfect blend of 90s electronic dance with something just angry enough to stage a riot. The vocals can be seen as annoying perhaps, but they're easy to adjust to, and then I find them pretty enthralling, like the radio show filter over everything perfectly matches the electronic influences, and I do enjoy how it kind of mellows out near the end, closing with something more jangle-y than anything, it's like a nice treat. This is just an album that feels like it appeals to everyone, and those it doesn't appeal to it wouldn't want to any way, and I can jam with that, for sure.

Le Tigre I’m pretty familiar with this. I absolutely love Deceptacon, like Hot Topic a lot and think Kathleen Hanna is very cool. It’s definitely a bit ramshackle and eclectic and feels quite homemade, but that gives it a lot of character and charm - I really like its blend of 90s take on punkish attitude, post punk danceability, programmed drums, alternative hip hop and 60s surf pop and girl groups. All with a tongue in cheek, political lyrical bent. Deceptacon is a fantastic bit of off kilter danceable pop, it was always a crowd pleaser when I DJ’d. Great bass and programmed drums and brilliantly catchy in a non conventional way. Hot Topic is a very different song, but again very catchy, I love the bouncy rhythm, the Shangri-Las style backing vocals and the buzzsaw guitar. What’s Yr Take on Cassavetes is pretty amusing, if not exactly subtle, but I like the drum machine beat and the repetitive riff. The The Empty is probably the most like a Bikini Kill song with it’s very punk verses, but i like the contrast with the almost bedroom melody of the chorus. Phanta is a little sci-fi oddity, I like the organ riff and the little squiggles, even if the song is not the most coherent. Get a little bit of The Specials in the vocal melody. Eau d’Bedroom Dancing is a great tune, with lovely bass and a pleasing slightly off centre downtempo feel. It sounds like a not quite as good version of Deceptacon but there’s a great groove on Let’s Run, and I really like the little organ and morse code sounds. I like the 60s garage rock vibe of My My Metrocard combined with some punk shouting. Great tune. I get a sense of the Beastie Boys with Friendship Station and Slideshow at Free University, the beats and piano loop on Friendship Station sounds quite like the Check Your Head/Ill Communication era, and Slideshow sounds like it could be on a Money Mark or Cut Chemist album. Both fun tracks. Dude, Yr So Crazy! is pretty funny, again Money Mark vibes and nice little xylophone loop. The guitar sounds a bit Portishead too. Les and Ray feels like an attempt at a 60s girl group song that comes out a bit wonky, and consequently is great. I think that’s what I like about Le Tigre, is that they are one of those bands that try to write a song along the lines of their influences, but it comes out slightly off kilter and odd, but in a great, charming way. Itay not be the most consistent or coherent album, but there are some great tunes, and the lo-fi energy, charm and overall sense of fun easily makes it a high 4 for me. Great stuff. 🐅🐅🐅🐅 Playlist submission: Deceptacon

Cool, fun, bouncy, brief, lo-fi smash. Girls with guitars - can’t go wrong.

Quite sparky fun pop rocky album -

In a Spice World, be Le Tigre.

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Le Tigre! I've heard "Deceptacon" off this on the radio but never the whole thing, so let's get into it now. And: Hooray for women doing chaotic-sounding, fun-yet-angry pop music. These are great songs, with just enough thought behind the lyrics and discordant crunching in the music to keep me happy. Extra points for the fabulous intentionally crap album cover. 5 stars

One of the best f****** albums of all time!

I wear a Le Tigre hat almost everyday. We just had Adele, the “once in a generation voice” to my actual favorite vocalist! Kathleen Hannah 4ever

I might secretly like Le Tigre more than Bikini Kill, but don't tell anyone.

I didn't know it until now, but Kathleen Hanna is what I needed today. My angst is in full f'n swing, and this hit the spot. Yet another woman hits the ceiling...but hearing the names of those who have smashed it gave me a tiny smidge of hope to keep up the fight. What’s Yr Take on Cassavetes....

Wow, this was so good! Another band I completely missed

started listening and was like 'damn this sounds like good Riot Grrl shit!' I wonder if that's mentioned? Then google it and see it's literally Kathleen Hanna and I'd just forgotten. A lot of really great tracks, and the genre and style push it up to a 5. 100% listworthy and a band/movement worth looking more into even if you're not always a fan of the sound.

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4.5/5. Fun, informative, mostly heat

Love this!

Electronic Punk Rock with a message. Great album. I am going to be listening to again and again

adored can’t wait to listen again❤️❤️

Love this

one of my favorites

Really really good!!!

spunky sound

kathleen hanna perfeita 🥺

One of the my fav records of the 90s.

Great aggression and attitude.

Great lo fi punk. Loved it and hearing the folks influenced by it through them

God this made me want to steal some five o'clock vodka and eye liner then end up in a binge montage. Cool stuff, committed hard to the sound and had an unpolished and authentic shine.

2 French queer pop albums back to back? Who’d believe it? (Okay I know this isn’t actually French, it just has a French name. But still a fun coincidence.) What if I liked this more than the Sleater-Kinney album on this list? A little more melodic. A little more fun, a little more energy. Great riot grrrl sounds!

I can see why people don’t like this but it’s just so fun that I can’t help but love it. Good vibes.

𝘓𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘦 is the kind of album that would make your conservative uncle sprint to Facebook to warn that “the kids have gone too far.” Every track feels engineered to short-circuit a MAGA brain: punchy electro-punk beats, feminist slogans, and a level of political confidence that no “antiwoke” warrior could sit through without muttering something about “the downfall of civilization.” The record is loud, clever and gloriously unapologetic — a neon protest sign set to music. It’s irresistible precisely because it doesn’t try to be polite.

not quite X-Ray Spex but pretty good

This bounces along with some proper post punk energy.

This grew on me. I found it really charming

This record deserves high marks for a multitude of reasons, but chief among them is this line, which, over the past 25 years, has aged like the finest of wines: “Oh fuck Giuliani He's such A fucking jerk”

New to me, and loads of fun. Went straight back to the beginning after the first listen. 4.5 🌟

I didn't love this. I feel like the instrumental portion was awesome, but the "singing" was just like a screamy girl shouting things at me and it really grated on my nerves like nails on a chalkboard. The instrumental portion was really good, and I listened to the album a second time on the strength of that alone, but man, I really wish that the singer(s) would just shut the fuck up. Three stars.

Kat from Lost Records Bloom and Rage would LOVE this album. That is a huge compliment though because she is badass and doesn’t let anyone tell her shit! This album is definitely an early 2000s coming of age movie STAPLE. Can we also go back to shortening your to yr it looks much better!!! Not my genre though and that’s okay :) still had a good time

First off, this album cover looks like a SpongeBob title card. Secondly I usually really like dance punk, and the beats here are good, bit I cannot stand the singer. High 3.

First time getting true riot grrrl music on this list I think. The nods to 60s pop/punk & new wave are apparent immediately. Kathleen Hanna's vocals feel at home in a 70s new wave group and the usage of the drum machines somehow provide both tastes of old and new. It is a tad abrasive at points to be honest, but that's part of the point here with the aggressively feminist and political tones. These gals are spunky and want you to know it.

A mixed bag. Musically, there is some good stuff here. Good guitar work and fun, catchy rhythms. However, the lyrics are mostly nonsensical and immature, delivered in a nasal, whiny style. It’s really grating after a while. I assume that the albums on this list are either really high quality or they are innovative/groundbreaking/influential in some way. “Le Tigre” is neither. We have all heard this a dozen times before and it’s been done far better. I was never a huge fan of Bikini Kill and it’s hard to separate Le Tigre from them. The former band had a more angsty sound which kinda worked, even if it wasn’t my style. Le Tigre is more light hearted, but it comes across like a group of 14 year old girls who want to play punk rock because they are mad at their dads. As an instrumental album, this would be a 4/5. Kathleen Hanna’s vocals bring it down a level or two. I want to give 2 stars, but I’m feeling generous today, so it’s a 3/5 from me.

Wait for it... wait for it..... Le Nigre :---DD

I can't say I was consciously aware of this band beforehand, but after doing a little reading I see it was fronted by Kathleen Hanna, who I am relatively familiar with. I recently did a very big grunge/Seattle scene deep dive, and touched on some of the riot grrrl bands, such as Hanna's Bikini Kill, but I can't quite remember my opinion on them, as I think I only touched on them briefly. At first I thought this was going to be a bit of a long, dragging listening session, but I was actually pleasantly surprised. KH's vocals can be a little shrill, but the varied mix of vibes on this album made it an enjoyable listening session. The band weaves from punk sensibilities to more mellow tracks, but all of it feels like it was a result of a really great period of creativity from the band. I read that they were influenced by hip-hop for this album, and it definitely shows in the numerous sample based "beats" and musical elements throughout the album. I can't say I've ever heard quite a blend of punk and samples like this before, and the result is really interesting and keeps you engaged. There are plenty of elements to shift your focus to if the vocals or more upfront elements aren't your thing. A really unique album to my ears that I'm glad I was exposed to. I'd love to give this a 3.5, but I think for the sheer reason that I really don't gravitate towards punk or this style often, I'll round it down to a 3. Either way, I'm sure I'll revisit in the future, and give another look at Kathleen Hanna's output as well.

Tar mig näppeligen igenom den första halvan av skivan där Deceptaton är det enda som håller mig kvar underhållningsmässigt. De senare spåren på skivan tonar ner det artsy-tonårsrevolt-skrik-härjandet och stämningen övergår till något mer mellow och suggestivt där Beck-inspirerarde Friendship station och Beastie Boys doftande (utan rappen) Slideshow at Free University sticker ut och får mig att lyssna klart till slutet. Vad tar jag då med mig av de här intensiva 34 min. Jo, att den energidrypande fuck you pekande Deceptacon alltid och då menar jag ALLTID kommer vara ett uppskattat inslag under löppasset eller som den avslutande låten på en lyckad förfest

The rousing party music of the trio may evoke Sixties' girl-groups, with punchy guitars and dance beats, but in Hannah's mouth it becomes a channel for hard-line feminist ideology. On the surface one hears folk-rock, Motown soul, but each song is a terrible story that leaves deep scars. (6/10) Favourite Track: Deceptacon

Samples, punk, drum machines, women's lib. A few catchy songs. Reminds me of a poor man's Stereolab at times.

No.

“WE ARE SEX BOM-OMB! ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR!”

Very average Tried to be too voiceover cerebral and it didn't land

Really not my thing. Self-indulgent music

Since this debut released, Le Tigre have gathered much more attention than they should've ever gotten. One good single was enough to let them create a song like "I'm With Her" in 2016 and still stand as the best known example of the "Riot Grrrl" genre which from its name alone sounds annoying. In similar fashion, most that the album presents here is annoying, washed out and dull. It tries to blend Dance with Pop Punk but instead of sounding like Britney Spears x Green Day, the end up sounding like utter trash for most of the playtime. The possible only song worthy of a listen, 'Deceptacon' starts the album off with a song that most people should be familiar with. It blends elements of Rave, Synthpop and Dance Music with the Punk additude of the band. Oh and with listenable, I meant that it has a catchy melody and is easily recognisable. Outside of that one riff, it is just annoying and infuriating. The vocals swing between bland and tasteless and over the top obnoxious. The song overall is still bad. The much more Indie Rock touched 'Hot Topic' keeps things going and even if it's not as overly unbearable, it still is far away from a good song. This time it's just very, very boring and tiring. The song has absolutely no upbuilding structure. It stays the exact same over the entire playtime. It's not catchy, not interesting and sounds tasteless and uninspired. And at nearly 4 minutes of playtime, it gets more and more annoying because nothing happens. The result is a song that is probably as bad as its predecessor but sticks even less in your memory. The only thing that makes 'Whats Yr Take on Cassavetes' somewhat interesting is the slight Industrial and Noise Pop production. The distorted synths could've been interesting but the way they are put into the songs structure just makes them sound annoying. The vocals and especially the added background sounds make this an even more unbearable listen. 'The The Empty' just takes the already annoying vocals and turns them up even more. There is no need for this Yoko Ono type screaming. Yoko Ono at least did it in a good setting and used it for her advantage. This is just terrible. Genuinely a terrible track through and through. Not even the production or the songwriting have anything of value that it brings to the ears. I am sure that they envisioned 'Phanta' as a much bigger and more artsy track than with what they ended up doing. The tv snippet at the start is a nice touch and the less annoying vocals do actually help the track from being totally tasteless. Which does not mean that it's good. It's just less bad. Still bad... but less. The songwriting is okay as are the vocals, it's mainly the production that is still dragging it down by a lot. The more minimal and noisy production on 'Eau D'Bedroom Dancing' do help the song to feel less obnoxious but the vocals and the songwriting are still enough to make this pretty bad overall. There is just not much going on, the vocals feel small and way too cutesy and the music itself isn't really going anywhere except boring repetition. The albums second half is opened with 'Let's Run', a more Indie inspired song that still shares all the similarities with the bands sound so far. Including the quality. This song feels like a worse version of 'Deceptacon' with a similar structure, energy and even a slightly similar riff but it all is just tuned down and made more boring. I'm telling you, it's not a good sign when a group needs to repeat and redo existing tracks but different. Especially when the original was bad to begin with. This is even worse. 'My My Metrocard' might've been a solid B-52's song but they ruined the slight good idea that they had with an overly annoying repeating sample and added vocals on top that are so terrible that the result is even more annoying than the instrumental itself. And I am not even going to start to talk about how bad the chorus is. This is not even silly in a good way, it's straight up bullshit. And now, on 'Friendship Station' they even try themselves on doing Breakbeat. It's definitely a slight piece of hope even if this hope is still unfathomably small because the vocals, again, ruin a pretty alright Breakbeat track. Yeah, this isn't very good but at least they tuned the vocals in mix down enough so that they don't totally ruin it and leave it at pretty bad. As if the genre experimentation wasn't enough, 'Slideshow at Free University' now mixes Trip Hop and Instrumental Hip Hop and remove all the Punk additude that they had so far. The song is without a doubt the best one on the album but it does not work or fit on this record. It's not like the song is great but it is a pretty alright maybe even okay track. But it is kind of ruined by the confusing placement it has on the record. The go even deeper into the rabbit hole of changing genre on 'Dude. Yr So Crazy!' which borrows from Darkwave and Minimal Synth production. And while I would maybe enjoy the darkness that it tries to envoke, the production here is just so terrible and the mixing is so off putting that the end result is straight up unlistenable. It's like the song was a sonic experiment that was falsely put on the album. The finally close the album with something that sounds more like their inital sound. Terrible vocals, annoying production, songwriting that would make Dylan unalive himself and so on. The worst thing here is by far the production. It does not work, it sounds terrible and weirdly dissonant and feels like if Phil Spector tried to do Hip Hop sampling while being on a major LSD and cocaine trip. Genuinely unlistenable. favourites: Slideshow at Free University least favourites: Dude. Yr So Crazy!, The The Empty, Les and Ray, the rest Rating: decent to strong 2 https://rateyourmusic.com/~Emil_ph for more ratings, reviews and takes

God I hate this music. Punk sucks. And, sorry, but it's several orders of magnitude worse when it's being screeched at me by girl voices.

Fucking irritant!

very bad

Wow! This knocked my socks off - I loved it! I had heard bits of Deceptacon sound bites on instagram, but didn't know it's origin! This was such a fun and empowering album. You had me at feminist punk pop. I was really on the fence between a 4 and a 5, but I think this album will only grow on me, so its a 5! Can we please have a thumbs down button as well as a thumbs up button!? If I could downvote the reviewer (5th review as of writing this on the front page) Totally rate this as a 1, completely understandable if this music isn't to your taste! But saying the words 'histrionic bleats', that 'pronouns are offensive', and that this album 'validates misogyny' just shows what a tiny worm they are - they can actually fuck all the way off. I hope they have a terrible day. and I also hope they women in their life are ok, because they sound like a complete arsehole.

"Oh, fuck! Giuliani! He's such! A fucking jerk" 1999, boys and girls. Visionaries.

I love this album! There was not a single song that I wanted to skip. The songs were a nice mix of punk and rock with a little something more thrown in. The music was just plain fun… I’m glad I got to hear this album. March 11, 2026

Aahhh jeg elsker dem så meget. Kathleen Hanna er så cool, musikken er så interessant. What's Yr Take on Cassavettes, endelig nogen cinephiles på listen!!

I could listen to Deceptacon 100 times in a row and still want to hear it again.

lof it

MON CLASS

I want Kathleen Hanna to be my girlfriend.

Heel leuk!! Ik kende het eerste liedje goed en loop daar vaak op. Nu ben ik gaan lopen terwijl ik het volledige album luisterde

j'ai vraiment bien aimé

i legit thought this album came out in like 2012

Adorei! Da logo um boost

Love this album