Goodbye Terrible Youth
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| Released | November 5, 2016 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Label | Fat Possum Records | |||
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Goodbye Terrible Youth is the second studio album by the indie rock band American Wrestlers, released on November 4, 2016 on Fat Possum Records.
Critical reception[edit]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 77/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
Goodbye Terrible Youth received favourable reviews upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 77, based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Praising the album's improved production values, in comparison to its home-recorded predecessor, American Wrestlers, and the participation of the full band, Allmusic's Marcy Donelson wrote: [Goodbye Terrible Youth] also exhibits a sleeker sound than the notably rough-hewn debut, with McClure having invested in "a laptop and some decent microphones." Thankfully, these changes don't erode the outfit's free-spirited charisma. If anything, the effect here is more similar to moving from a live recording to the studio than into something that's watered down or compromised."[2]
In a positive review for Pitchfork, Brian Burlage wrote, "The album is a significant improvement for a band that’s still coming into its own, still, in other words, in its youth."[3]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Vote Thatcher" | 2:51 |
| 2. | "Give Up" | 3:25 |
| 3. | "So Long" | 3:39 |
| 4. | "Hello, Dear" | 3:07 |
| 5. | "Amazing Grace" | 3:50 |
| 6. | "Terrible Youth" | 4:17 |
| 7. | "Blind Kids" | 2:53 |
| 8. | "Someone Far Away" | 3:56 |
| 9. | "Real People" | 3:41 |
Personnel[edit]
- Bridgette Imperial – keyboards
- Gary McClure – guitar, vocals
- Ian Reitz – bass
- Josh Van Hoorebeke – drums
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Reviews for Goodbye Terrible Youth by American Wrestlers". Metacritic. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ a b Donelson, Marcy. "American Wrestlers - Goodbye Terrible Youth - American Wrestlers". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ Burlage, Brian (1 November 2016). "American Wrestlers - Goodbye Terrible Youth Review". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 4 November 2016.