Tentacles (album)
| Tentacles | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 7, 2009 United States April 6, 2009 UK | |||
| Recorded | 2008–2009, Closer Recording, San Francisco, California, United States | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock, garage, punk | |||
| Length | 40:02 | |||
| Label | Touch and Go Records | |||
| Producer | Crystal Antlers, Joe Goldring | |||
| Crystal Antlers chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | link |
| BBC | Positive link |
| Drowned in Sound | link |
| The Guardian | link |
| Hot Press | link |
| musicOMH | link |
| NME | 7/10 link |
| No Ripcord | 8/10 link |
| Pitchfork Media | 6.7/10 link |
| PopMatters | 7/10 link |
| Prefix Magazine | 8.5/10 link |
| Rolling Stone | link |
| Spin | link |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | link |
| Uncut | link |
| Yahoo! | 8/10 link |
Tentacles is the debut album by the band Crystal Antlers. It was released via Touch and Go Records on April 7, 2009 in the USA and a day earlier in the UK. Tentacles marked the final new release on Touch and Go for the foreseeable future after the label decided to downsize its operations significantly.
The album was met with a generally positive reception by critics, attaining a score of 71% from the reviews collated by Metacritic.