“New York City’s BODEGA have always described themselves as openly and shamelessly pretentious, presenting wordy ideas on philosophy and millennial existence atop post-punk descended from The Fall and fellow New Yorkers Parquet Courts. Accordingly, they formed a book club ahead of their second album ‘Broken Equipment’, as well as recruiting a philosophy professor to play bass guitar. The brillianc”
“The Brooklyn art-rock party starters double down on their "write locally, reach globally" ethos on their second album”
“The Brooklyn punks remain focused on the ceaseless challenges of living in the big city, but their overdriven guitars no longer sound quite as bitter or fed up—particularly when they shift to love songs.”
“New York art punk crew Bodega made an impressive mark with their 2018 debut Endless Scroll, and follow-up Broken Equipment sees the same offbeat formula reinvigorated. Broken Equipment in its entirety is very mechanical, feeling like there’s a thousand tiny unique parts ticking away, working together to make a record with a consistently quirky groove. The genres explored are far more varied this ”
