“Montreal-based art-punk band Ought’s debut is an endearing and electrifying album that treats panic attacks and adrenalized ecstasy as two sides of the same pounding heart. It’s an anxious, distressed record to be sure, but it presents itself as such simply to show you how that nervous energy can be put to constructive use.”
“Sleep, The Sciences | ★★★★At the Gates, To Drink From the Night Itself | ★★★ 1/2Burn the Priest, Legion: XX | ★★★Five Finger Death Punch | And Justice for None ★★ In the late Seventies, heavy metal transcended musical genres and became a culture. Metalheads grew their hair as long as they wanted, wore denim battle jackets and studded black leather and congregated at concerts by their favorite band”
“Montreal's Ought displays a pretty wide set of influences on this debut record of theirs, including experimental folk rock to tracks that blend sounds of Midwest emo with the dismal emotions of bands like Slint.”
