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The Spoils (U.S.S.A. album)

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The Spoils
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2006 (2006-09-18)
Recorded2006
GenrePost-punk, Alternative, Minimalistic
Length48:52
LabelFuzz
ProducerPaul Barker
Duane Denison

The Spoils is the debut studio album by American band U.S.S.A. It was written and produced by Paul Barker and Duane Denison.

Track listing

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  1. "Dead Voices" (4:26)
  2. "Autumn Flowers" (4:11)
  3. "Blue Light" (4:22)
  4. "Cruel Beauty" (2:03)
  5. "Middletown" (4:36)
  6. "Summer Endless Summer" (5:04)
  7. "Forget Yourself" (3:25)
  8. "Cab Ride" (4:34)
  9. "Peculiar Thing" (6:04)
  10. "Sugarwater" (4:38)
  11. "Wasteland" (5:31)

Reception

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Ben Lasman of CMJ New Music Monthly, in a negative review, wrote that the album "plays like a cleaned-up retrospective of modern rock cliches flooded with misguided cock-rock swagger".[1] Comparing its sound to Faith No More, Stephen Seigel of Tucson Weekly called The Spoils less dissonant than expected but "no less thrilling for the lack of it".[2] Writing in Boise Weekly, Brandon Nolta called it "edgy, sometimes creepy and never less than entertaining", though it may not appeal to fans of its members' former bands.[3] Greg Prato of AllMusic described it as "both arty and exploratory" without being snobbish. Prato compared the sound to first generation post-punk bands, including Barker's own The Blackouts.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Lasman, Ben (October 2007). "Abridged reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. No. 151. p. 59.
  2. ^ Seigel, Stephen (2007-10-11). "Soundbites: Palatable 'Spoils'". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  3. ^ Nolta, Brandon (2007-11-21). "USSA: The Spoils". Boise Weekly. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  4. ^ Prato, Greg. "USSA: The Spoils". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
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