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The first single from the album, "Continental Shelf", was released for streaming on
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received mainly positive reviews from music critics. At
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276:Professional ratings
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37:Studio album
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1205:"Viet Cong"
1188:January 19,
1082:January 19,
1051:February 1,
1023:January 19,
997:January 15,
969:December 5,
932:Flemish Eye
908:October 15,
882:October 15,
856:October 15,
830:October 15,
241:Flemish Eye
173:Scott Munro
170:Matt Flegel
148:Flemish Eye
1496:Categories
1347:2016-01-05
1322:2015-12-10
1301:2015-12-10
992:Metacritic
807:References
560:normalized
556:Metacritic
305:Metacritic
263:Production
245:Jagjaguwar
189:chronology
153:Jagjaguwar
114:noise rock
56:2015-01-20
1431:Viet Cong
1297:. nme.com
1182:Pitchfork
928:Viet Cong
924:Viet Cong
877:Pitchfork
825:Pitchfork
788:Viet Cong
783:Personnel
652:Pitchfork
633:Stereogum
601:Accolade
584:Accolades
574:Viet Cong
552:Viet Cong
477:Pitchfork
255:in 2016.
249:Viet Cong
232:Viet Cong
207:Viet Cong
104:Post-punk
42:Viet Cong
22:Viet Cong
1281:Exclaim!
1076:Exclaim!
1018:AllMusic
903:Exclaim!
578:Cassette
569:Exclaim!
377:Exclaim!
328:AllMusic
199:Cassette
163:Producer
109:art punk
64:Recorded
49:Released
39: by
934:. 2015.
762:"Death"
564:average
220:(2016)
211:(2015)
202:(2013)
54: (
1244:May 5,
1216:May 5,
1160:May 5,
1110:May 5,
688:Length
482:8.5/10
322:Rating
319:Source
309:77/100
299:8.0/10
289:Rating
286:Source
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685:Title
660:2015
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607:Rank
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539:Uncut
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1238:Spin
1218:2016
1190:2015
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