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Freewave Lucifer Fck Fck Fck

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Freewave Lucifer F<ck F^ck F>ck
Assorted colorful text boxes and cartoon drawings resembling ads
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 29, 2022 (2022-07-29)
GenreDance-rock
Length33:53
LabelPolyvinyl
ProducerKevin Barnes
Of Montreal chronology
I Feel Safe with You, Trash
(2021)
Freewave Lucifer F<ck F^ck F>ck
(2022)
Lady on the Cusp
(2024)

Freewave Lucifer F<ck F^ck F>ck is the eighteenth studio album by American indie rock band of Montreal, released on July 29, 2022, through Polyvinyl Record Co. It received generally positive reviews from critics.

Background

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The sense of isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic was an inspiration for the record,[1] which takes a cut-up technique approach to its lyrics and titles.[2]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Pitchfork6.8/10[2]
PopMatters5/10[4]
Under the Radar[5]

Freewave Lucifer F<ck F^ck F>ck received a score of 68 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on five critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception.[1] Reviewing the album for Pitchfork, Jude Noel described it as "another snapshot of the band in a state of manic deconstruction, retooling 2020's hooky, '80s-inspired Ur Fun into a labyrinthine dance-rock collage" as well as "unabashedly geeky, restless, and stuffed with enough Barnesian minutiae to satisfy even the most dedicated fan".[2] Marcy Donelson of AllMusic remarked that the album "organizes its patchwork segments into a more digestible seven tracks, even if they do play out like a continuous DJ mix somewhere around the midway point", also calling it "a shape-shifting and ultimately surprisingly (if not entirely) listenable and cathartic sequence of tracks".[3]

Scott Dransfield of Under the Radar wrote, "imagine, if you will, a newly consistent cannabis high, crossed with pandemic paranoia, with a dash of overindulgent avant-garde art consumption and the ADHD spectrum, and you might get close to the mindset that produced Freewave Lucifer F<ck F^ck F>ck".[5] Ryan Dillon of Glide Magazine summed the album up as a "7-track expedition that has the Georgia-bred artist experimenting with dark tones and new textures".[6] PopMatters' Chris Conaton found it to be "not the sort of record that is going to appeal to a wide audience. Even among Of Montreal fans, it's likely listeners who enjoyed the esoteric experimentation of albums like Paralytic Stalks and White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood will be fully into this one".[4]

Track listing

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Freewave Lucifer F<ck F^ck F>ck track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Marijuana's a Working Woman"5:27
2."Ofrenda-Flanger-Ego-à Gogo"3:21
3."Blab Sabbath Lathe of Maiden"5:48
4."Après Thee Dèclassè"5:19
5."Modern Art Bewilders"4:04
6."Nightsift"4:40
7."Hmmm"5:14
Total length:33:53

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Freewave Lucifer F<ck F^ck F>ck by of Montreal Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Noel, Jude (August 1, 2022). "Of Montreal: Freewave Lucifer F<ck F^ck F>ck Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Donelson, Marcy (August 23, 2022). "Of Montreal – Freewave Lucifer Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Conaton, Chris (August 23, 2022). "Of Montreal's Pandemic-Fueled Freewave Lucifer Is a Challenging Listen". PopMatters. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Conaton, Chris (August 23, 2022). "Of Montreal: Freewave Lucifer F<ck F^ck F>ck (Polyvinyl) – review". Under the Radar. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  6. ^ Dillon, Ryan (July 27, 2022). "Of Montreal Continue Domination Of Left Field Pop Via Freewave Lucifer F>ck F^ck F<ck (Album Review)". Glide Magazine. Retrieved November 4, 2023.