''Radiate Like This'' is the fourth studio album by American

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band Warpaint, released on May 6, 2022, through Heirlooms and

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. It marks their first album in six years, and was announced alongside the release of the song "Champion". The band will tour the UK and Europe in support of the album.

Background

Warpaint's preceding album, '' Heads Up'', was released in 2016. Following the release of that album, the band members encountered different priorities, such as "babies, jobs, tours, solo albums, intercontinental and cross country moves", which initially presented "mounting logistical challenges" and doubts about whether they could regroup to work on new material.

Recording

The band began work on the album with producer Sam Petts-Davies in early 2020, but the

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caused them to finish recording their parts in their own "makeshift home studios". Although finishing recording "some time ago", they waited to release the album until they could tour to promote it. This self-imposed delay also helped them to "further hone", build and then reconstruct each song. In a press release,

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joked that the band should have called it ''Exquisite Corpse'' instead of their debut EP.

Critical reception

''Radiate Like This'' received a score of 79 out of 100 based on 10 reviews on review aggregator

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