''Deep Sage'' is a 2024 studio album by American

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. It has received positive reviews from critics.

Reception

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'' scored this release an 8 out of 10, stating that "''Deep Sage'' is more stylistically varied than 018 album'' Burnt Sugar'' but it never decays" and as "an exercise in sonic pleasures", "it is violent, gorgeous, and unafraid" and belongs "in a pocket somewhere next to your heart". Editors at ''

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'' scored this release 7.5 out of 10 and critic Colin Joyce characterized the approach as the band "fuses urgent post-hardcore with softer strains of shoegaze and grunge to unlock a new power of restraint" to "pursue new directions primarily in service of increasing their overall intensity". ''Deep Sage'' scored a 9 out of 10 from ''

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'' Brian Stout who called it the band's best and "an early contender for the best hardcore record of 2024" with "heavy hooks that recall 1990s alternative greats" and lyrics that are "more introspective, resulting from self-care and self-reflection". Steve Erickson of ''

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'' found the lyrics to be the weakest part of the album along with the production by

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, but the instrumentation displays strong arrangements "with curlicue guitar riffs and vocal fluctuations intended to disrupt a song's mood", resulting in 3 out of 5 stars. This appeared on ''

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''s mid-year list of the best albums at second place, where Danielle Chelosky called it "one of the best hardcore albums in recent memory" with "a riveting balance of macabre and rambunctious, standing as a perfect portrait of malaise".

Track listing

All songs written by Tommy Cantwell, Dylan Downey, Mick Ford, Tyler Forsythe, and Christina Michelle #"Stuck in a Dream" – 2:40 #"Maybe Blue" – 3:14 #"Idealized" – 3:41 #"Deep Sage" – 2:54 #"A Welcome Change" – 3:34 #"Overwatering" – 2:12 #"No Release" – 1:48 #"The Sharpening" – 2:57 #"Spaced Out" – 1:44 #"Newtau" – 3:44 #"Dallas" – 6:02

Personnel

Gouge Away *Tommy Cantwell – drums,

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, tambourine, percussion,

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, photography *Dylan Downey – guitar, arrangement *Mick Ford – guitar, arrangement *Tyler Forsythe – bass guitar, arrangement *Christina Michelle – vocals, arrangement, artwork, layout Additional personnel *Brian Butler – artwork *Haley Butters – backing vocals on "Spaced Out" *Meghan O'Neil – backing vocals on "Spaced Out" *

– tracking, mixing,

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*Jasmine Watson – backing vocals on "Spaced Out"

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* * {{Authority control 2024 albums Albums produced by Jack Shirley Deathwish Inc. albums Gouge Away albums

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