Seek Shelter (studio album)
by Iceage
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Seek Shelter is ranked 5th best out of 6 albums by Iceage on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Iceage is Plowing Into The Field Of Love which is ranked number 1735 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 978.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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65/100  | 06/16/2025 12:43 | Invader666 | | 65/100 |
65/100 | 05/02/2025 19:35 | Hyggevinyl | | 73/100 |
75/100 | 01/29/2025 18:19 |  RasmV | | 73/100 |
80/100 | 09/30/2024 21:47 | Banner | | 80/100 |
80/100 | 05/25/2024 15:02 | Oid | | 82/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.4.
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Brad1770 12/31/2021 05:53
I’ve been obsessed with this album for the past fortnight and find myself inexorably drawn back to it again and again as a total grower. When it comes to album length these guys get it with 9 terrific tracks all over in under 40 minutes and never outstaying their welcome ( take note Greta “Bloated” Van Fleet)
One of 2021’s very best albums
mdbaxter 07/29/2021 20:15
Sounds like britpop to me. Don't think the vocals are very good and they're a huge feature of the album. Some of the songs are alright and the lyrics are compelling but I don't find anything too interesting. Vendetta reminds me of Sunshine Superman.
Mercury 06/28/2021 21:03
(A new, slower, more world-weary and soulful Iceage has immerged with this one. And...its stunning and brilliant. Some of the best rock music of the year of any style or sub-genre. Faint hints of that youthful Iceage post-punk-y-ness that we have come to know so well melds with a blues punk, rootsy, gruff side of them that I didn't know they had in them.)
No need to put it off, I love this album. Almost everything about it is just the right thing for me. Its a slowed down, soulful, worn-out sounding rock album at its core. It manages to combine some of the more old-school Iceage post-punk anger and aggression with a world-weary blues earthiness. The band evolves and re-invents their sound to a majior degree but sticks the landing first try.
From the first stunning track to the last, this album feels mature, gritty, thematically heavy, and just great. The production is dirty and the sounds consistently edge each other out and make for a muddy sound. The bits that come in to hit the heavy end of punk blues are so gnarly and convey a certain gruffness that I love. The more soft and tuneful tracks and parts are so sad and weighed down.
When this album dropped it dropped at the same time as Squid's debut, and so this gem was overshadowed. I listened to both albums back to back and while Squid's record was more brainy, angular and complex, this album was the one that really hit me on an emotional level. Its great to hear that this band which blew up 10 years ago continues to release new and fully-realized albums without getting stuck in any kind of stylistic rut at all. This may be my favorite Iceage album yet, which is saying something because they are all very good to great.
HoldenM 05/15/2021 16:45
I've got a feeling this will grow on me. It's nice to have the ice back.
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