Name: Reason in Decline
Brand: Archers Of Loaf

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

MRG795CD

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Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-10-21

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cargo

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

MRG795LP

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black

0673855079516

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

MRG795LPC1

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white

White w/Purple/Red Swirl

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Extended format: Yes

0673855079509

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / white

Artist

Archers Of Loaf

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Merge Records

As sculpted shards of guitar tumbling, tolling, squalling shower the jittery bounce of a piano on opener “Human,” it’s obvious that <i>Reason in Decline</i>, Archers of Loaf’s first album in 24 years, is more than a nostalgic, low-impact reboot. When they emerged from North Carolina’s ’90s indie-punk incubator, the Archers’ hurtling, sly, gloriously dissonant roar was a mythologized touchstone of slacker-era refusal. But this, the distilled shudder of “Human” (as in “It’s hard to be human / When only death can set you free”), is an entirely different noise. In fact, it’s a startling revelation.

In short, this is not your father’s Archers of Loaf, even if you’re a father now who was a fan then. (If that’s the case, congrats on surviving the Plague and getting to hear this fearlessly poignant record, you alt-geezer!) Otherwise, thank your youthful fucking lucky stars, kids! Enjoy <i>Reason in Decline</i> with fresh ears and do as the Archers have been doing: Stay humble, stay informed, express yourself creatively, and try not to lose your goddamned mind while the polar ice caps melt. Peace.

Reason in Decline

Music GB