Typical System
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Typical System | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 24 June 2014 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk, new wave, indie rock, garage rock | |||
| Length | 40:28 | |||
| Label | Iron Lung | |||
| Producer | Mikey Young | |||
| Total Control chronology | ||||
| ||||
Typical System is the second full-length album by Australian post-punk band Total Control. Produced by band member Mikey Young, the album was released on 24 June 2014 by Iron Lung Records.[1] It peaked at No. 5 on the ARIA Hitseekers Albums chart.[2]
At the Music Victoria Awards of 2014, the album was nominated for Best Album.[3][4]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 83/100 [5] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Alternative Press |   [6] |
| Consequence of Sound | B−[7] |
| Exclaim! | 9/10[8] |
| The Guardian | [9] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 8.5/10[10] |
| The Music |  [11] |
| NME | 8/10[12] |
| Pitchfork | 8.0/10[13] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[14] |
| Under the Radar | 8/10[15] |
Typical System received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 83, which indicates "universal acclaim", based on 11 reviews.[16]
