New Material
by Preoccupations
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Preoccupations bestography
New Material is ranked 3rd best out of 6 albums by Preoccupations on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Preoccupations is Viet Cong which is ranked number 1224 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,405.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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New Material track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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New Material ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 04/05/2025 10:45 |  videoheadcleaner | 12,309 | 85/100 | |
| 04/05/2025 02:28 |  imacgill | 2,702 | 79/100 | |
| 01/01/2024 21:27 | Cheboygan74 | 1,289 | 52/100 | |
| 05/02/2023 02:26 |  zags7000 | 20,468 | 64/100 | |
| 02/27/2023 13:06 | LosWochos | 46,909 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.3/100, a mean average of 71.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.6.
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Brad1770 12/01/2020 06:11 | #261715
I really dug their 2015 album as Viet Cong however I lost track of this band as a result of their name change from Viet Cong to Preoccupations
So rediscovering this 2018 album in 2020 was a real treat with its retro 80’s synth vibe
If you dig this album and sound try checking out Australian band City Calm Down for a similar experience
swagnadalf 10/23/2019 21:19 | #244057
The whole album feels like the title; a placeholder, noncommittal.
slurpdurp 06/06/2018 18:33 | #216244
Matt Flegal's vocal performances here really set this album apart in the post-punk scene. He's got this anxious sense of urgency that really propels the music into this haunting sphere of bizarre dynamics. This album also leans into New Wave territory with some really brilliant and catchy melodies, especially on the singles.
Kind of an album of Depeche Mode B-Sides or ideas that they never took into a recording studio. So retro-80s style and, in the end, it loses its charm and just gets a bit dull.
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