“With Sonic Citadel, the two Brians successfully take Lightning Bolt's sound in a more melodic and accessible direction.”
“Lightning Bolt's Sonic Citadel is ferocious, hostile, and utterly exhilarating”
“There’s an amount of certainty that comes with a Lightning Bolt record, and their seventh is no different. The Rhode Island noise rock duo have seen little deviation from form in their 20 year existence: as always, there’s Brian Chippendale on drums, his microphone bound into a sort of makeshift Lucha libre mask, and Brian Gibson on bass guitar, adapted to include a banjo string, surging with more”
“The noise duo’s seventh album is the most life-affirming and accessible music they’ve ever made.”
