''Devour You'' is the second studio album by American
rock
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band
Starcrawler
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. The album was released on October 11, 2019 by
Rough Trade Records
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. The record was produced by
Nick Launay
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, who previously worked for bands as
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs are an American indie rock band formed in New York City in 2000. The group is composed of vocalist and pianist Karen O (born Karen Lee Orzolek), guitarist and keyboardist Nick Zinner, and drummer Brian Chase. They are compleme ...
,
Arcade Fire
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and
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
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.
Critical reception
''Devour You'' received positive reviews from music critics upon its release. At
Metacritic
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, which assigns a
normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 72, based on 7 reviews.
AnyDecentMusic? collated reviews giving the album an average score of 6.8 based upon 7 reviews.
Track listing
;Notes
*First pressings have a typo of the band's name, with "STARCRAWLER" stylized as "STARCRAWER".
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Pet Sematary
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" is a cover version of the
Ramones
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song featured in the motion picture soundtrack for the self-titled film
Pet Sematary
''Pet Sematary'' is a 1983 horror novel by American writer Stephen King. The novel was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1984, and adapted into two films: one in 1989 and another in 2019.
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. The track is included in the album exclusively for Japan.
*The band's label, Rough Trade, also released a limited edition, deluxe version of the album that was pressed on blood-red marbled vinyl, and came in a scratch & sniff sleeve (the rose on the cover can be scratched and it smells like a rose).
Charts
References
2019 albums
Starcrawler albums
Rough Trade Records albums
Albums produced by Nick Launay
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