Preoccupations (album)
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| Released | September 16, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | 2016 | |||
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| Length | 38:16 | |||
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Preoccupations is the second studio album by Canadian rock band Preoccupations, released on September 16, 2016, by Flemish Eye in Canada and Jagjaguwar in the United States.[1] It was the band's first album released under this name, after changing it from "Viet Cong" in 2015.
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.4/10[5] |
| Metacritic | 79/100[6] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| Consequence of Sound | B[8] |
| DIY | [9] |
| Exclaim! | 7/10[10] |
| The Irish Times | [11] |
| Pitchfork | 7.9/10[12] |
| PopMatters | 8/10[13] |
| Q | [14] |
| The Skinny | [15] |
| Uncut | 8/10[16] |
Preoccupations received favorable reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 21 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[6] Writing for Pitchfork, Marc Masters stated, "What makes Preoccupations much more than a circular exercise in self-analysis is the vitality of the music. There’s a tense, nervous energy running through all the tracks, which connect to each other like wires that spark electrical currents when they meet".[12]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Preoccupations.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Anxiety" | 4:29 |
| 2. | "Monotony" | 2:53 |
| 3. | "Zodiac" | 3:43 |
| 4. | "Memory" | 11:26 |
| 5. | "Degraded" | 4:00 |
| 6. | "Sense" | 1:01 |
| 7. | "Forbidden" | 1:32 |
| 8. | "Stimulation" | 4:41 |
| 9. | "Fever" | 4:31 |
| Total length: | 38:16 | |
