“Often working separately as they balanced various side projects, the recording sessions for Heads Up have resulted in an eclectic, nuanced collection of songs.”
“Using the word ‘mature’ to describe a band’s new album is often a euphemism for a record devoid of the ideas or spirit that made them interesting in the first place. Bassist Jenny Lee Lindberg has labelled Warpaint’s third album exactly that, but there’s no need to panic: these LA ladies have broken with tradition and made a ‘mature’ album that doesn’t mean they’ve bypassed fun. Where the Califor”
“Warpaint's Heads Up has the joy of something completely new”
“Having jettisoned both Flood and Nigel Godrich from their respective production and mixing duties, Warpaint call on Jacob Bercovici, the man who produced that superb debut EP, ‘Exquisite Corpse,’ back in 2007, as they attempt to return to former heights. And ‘Heads Up’ does do that in the main. The one criticism is that, continuing the trend of Warpaint releases going back almost a decade, it spra”
“Warpaint’s new album is said to be informed by recent hip-hop and R&B but it ultimately hews closely to the moody downtempo rock they’re known for.”
