Reviews
Included in the Wire's "50 Records of the Year 2007"., Included in Alternative Press's '10 Essential Albums Of 2007' -- "The band trade the Seeds' trademark lushness for attitudinal energy and a stripped-down animal impulsiveness...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "Cave channels the primal misanthropy he explored 30 years ago with the Birthday Party in breakneck scuzz-fuzz freak-outs.", "Nick Cave hasn't sounded this unhinged in ages....The sound they make is darker, more disruptive and a good deal funnier than any recent Bad Seeds output.", 3 stars out of 5 -- "Best of all is 'Set Me Free,' a classic, stomping Bad Seeds-style blues....Grinderman has the power of Cave's best work, without ever eclipsing it.", "The Band Whips Up an Unusually Fierce Racket...With Cave in Finest Tortured-Yowl Form...", 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "11 tracks that scorch the earth lesser bands traipse on....Cave's lyrics are filled with an arrogance and swagger usually emanating from drifters and organized crime bosses."
