Sleater-Kinney
The Center Won't Hold
Release Date: Aug 16, 2019
Genre(s): Pop/Rock
Record label: Mom + Pop Music
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Album Review: The Center Won't Hold by Sleater-Kinney
Excellent, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 8.5/10
Presented as a splintered conversation on America's political and social climate, Sleater-Kinney 's tenth studio album The Center Won't Hold is a fractured masterpiece. Having worked with producer Annie Clark (St. Vincent) and weathered the recent departure of drummer Jannet Weiss', The Center Won't Hold is a tumultuous record where emotional tempests surge throughout.
Based on rating 8/10
Sleater-Kinney have never shied away from pushing their minimal two-guitars-and-drums setup to the max. If 2005's The Woods wasn't enough of convincing argument, The Center Won't Hold certainly will be. Produced by the brilliant mind of pop innovator Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, the band's tenth album finds the Portland-based trio hitting "refresh" on the ferocious indie rock they've been making for the last 20-plus years. With Clark on board, S-K clearly wanted to shake things up, and that's exactly what they've done on The Center Won ….
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