Rips (album)

Rips
Studio album by Ex Hex
Released October 7, 2014
Recorded April 2014
Genre Alternative rock, indie rock, garage rock
Length 35:09
Label Merge
Producer Ex Hex
Ex Hex chronology

Rips
(2014)		 Hot and Cold 7"
(2014)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 84/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
The Guardian [3]
NME 9/10[4]
Exclaim! 9/10[5]
Pitchfork 8.4/10[6]
Drowned in Sound 8/10[7]
PopMatters 8/10[8]
Rolling Stone [9]
Paste 7.0/10[10]
Consequence of Sound B-[11]
The 405 7.5/10[12]

Rips is the debut studio album by indie rock band Ex Hex. It was released on October 7, 2014 by Merge Records. It was named as a Best New Album by Pitchfork Media.[6]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Mary Timony except "How You Got That Girl" and "Radio On", written by Betsy Wright. 

No. Title Length
1. "Don't Wanna Lose"   2:27
2. "Beast"   3:14
3. "Waste Your Time"   2:47
4. "You Fell Apart"   2:45
5. "How You Got That Girl"   3:06
6. "Waterfall"   2:05
7. "Hot and Cold"   2:35
8. "Radio On"   2:41
9. "New Kid"   2:57
10. "War Paint"   3:57
11. "Everywhere"   3:18
12. "Outro"   3:17
Total length:
 35:09

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Rips". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  2. ↑ Phares, Heather. Ex Hex: Rips > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  3. ↑ Hughes, Tom (9 October 2014). "Ex Hex: Rips review – majestic power-pop on the air-guitar album of the year". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Snapes, Laura (13 October 2014). "Ex Hex - 'Rips'". NME. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  5. ↑ Lindsay, Cam (3 October 2014). "Ex Hex Rips". Exclaim!. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Leitko, Aaron (10 October 2014). "Ex Hex:Rips". Pitchfork. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  7. ↑ Goggins, Joe (10 October 2014). "Ex Hex:Rips". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  8. ↑ Pan, Arnold (10 October 2014). "Ex Hex: Rips". PopMatters. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  9. ↑ Machado, Jessica (8 October 2014). "D.C. hardcore vet starts a fun, freewheeling new trio". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  10. ↑ Geffen, Sasha (7 October 2014). "Ex Hex: Rips Review". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  11. ↑ Young, Killian (7 October 2014). "Ex Hex – Rips". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  12. ↑ Maher, Amelia (15 October 2014). "Ex Hex – Rips". The 405. Retrieved 18 December 2014.