The Lamb As Effigy (studio album) by Sprain

The Lamb As Effigy by Sprain
Year: 2023
Release date: 2023-09-01
Overall rank: 3,870th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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77/100 (from 53 votes)
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75/100
From 02/23/2024 17:46
Not a comfortable listen but a rewarding one.
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From 01/09/2024 16:42
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
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From 01/08/2024 16:29
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
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From 09/05/2023 19:11
Most impressive record I've heard so far this decade.
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From 09/05/2023 05:33
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.
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