Black Rainbow Sound
Studio album by
Menace Beach
Released7 September 2018 (2018-09-07)
Length37:47
LabelMemphis Industries
Menace Beach chronology
Lemon Memory
(2017)		 Black Rainbow Sound
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.1/10[1]
Metacritic75/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Clash7/10[4]
DIY[5]

Black Rainbow Sound is the third studio album by English band Menace Beach. It was released on September 7, 2018 under Memphis Industries.[6]

Critical reception

Black Rainbow Sound was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 75, based on 8 reviews.[2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 73 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 11 reviews.[7] Nick Roseblade from Clash Magazine said of the album: "[the album] shows a band in flux. The songs sounds bigger and more articulated. Menace Beach are using a larger musical palate and it mostly works, swapping the messy surf guitars and charming slacker vibes while allowing the songs to speak for themselves.[4]

Track listing

Black Rainbow Sound track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Black Rainbow Sound"3:48
2."Satellite"3:31
3."Crawl in Love"4:04
4."Tongue"3:41
5."Mutator"3:26
6."Holy Crow"3:35
7."8000 Molecules"3:26
8."Hypnotiser Keeps the Ball Rolling"4:44
9."Watermelon"3:49
10."(Like) Rainbow Juice"3:43

References

  1. ↑ "AnyDecentMusic? Review". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  3. ↑ Monger, Timothy. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  4. 1 2 Roseblade, Nick (7 September 2018). "Clash Magazine Review". Clash. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Bentley, James (31 August 2018). "DIY Magazine Review". DIY. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Menace Beach Announce New Album 'Black Rainbow Sound'". DIY. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
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