The Lamb As Effigy
by Sprain
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The Lamb As Effigy is ranked as the best album by Sprain.
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| ! | 07/15/2026 22:21 |  teague | 4,364 | 78/100 |
| ! | 06/20/2026 11:39 | TonySayers61 | 25,361 | 64/100 |
| ! | 04/11/2026 19:44 |  cestuneblague | 8,252 | 80/100 |
| ! | 01/30/2026 21:01 | patmull | 576 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/11/2026 21:12 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,468 | 70/100 |
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Not a comfortable listen but a rewarding one. (Edited)
TBC...
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01.09.2023
Sprain (USA): The Lamb As Effigy
1.Man Proposes, God Disposes
2.Reiterations
3.Privilege Of Being
4.Margin For Error
5.The Commercial Nude
6.The Reclining Nude
7.We Think So Ill Of You
8.God, Or Whatever You Call It (Edited)
ForegroundNoise 01/08/2024 16:29 | #300992 | TOP COMMENT
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Immense. Like Home Is Where, Sprain came out with a debut that though well-executed, felt a little too derivative of an older sound. The Lamb as Effigy meanwhile wears its influences on its sleeves (Swans, This Heat, Glenn Branca) on its sleeves, but is anything but derivative. Closer "God, or Whatever You Call It" is a tough listen, especially since Alex Kent's downward spiral seems to have been the catalyst for the band to break up a month after this was released. His relentlessly intimate and self-effacing lyricism is certainly divisive, but The Lamb... captures Sprain at their most volatile – for better or worse.
From my Top 20 Albums of 2023: https://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?c=74659 (Edited)
lleon79 09/05/2023 19:11 | #298985 | TOP COMMENT
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Most impressive record I've heard so far this decade. (Edited)
pjohnsongolf 09/05/2023 05:33 | #298981 | TOP COMMENT
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Every year there seems to be an album in the noise rock, post-punk scene that seemingly appears out of nowhere. This is that album in 2023. (Edited)
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