Nowhere Generation
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Nowhere Generation
Nowhere Generation is the ninth studio album by American punk rock band Rise Against, released on June 4, 2021 on Loma Vista Recordings. -Wikipedia
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Kerrang!
There’s still a lot that will be familiar to longtime fans, but the most impressive thing is how passionate Rise Against remain. Twenty years in, and their revolutionary fire is still as relevant and as sadly needed as ever.
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The Young Folks
Though it may not be their definitive best album, Nowhere Generation challenges the rest of their discography through its well-executed production and consistent, socially-relevant themes. They may not be writing the next Communist Manifesto, but that’s a bit of a steep expectation for a punk rock band. And a willingness to discuss and identify these topics is more than enough to be sufficient. If anything, Nowhere Generation is a masterclass of information on how to continue punk rock success.
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Wall of Sound
Rise Against’s goal of riling people up, and making them realise the inequality of the world in which we live in, has been achieved tenfold with Nowhere Generation. If you don’t feel the need to disrupt the norm, rebel against those in power, or generally feel pissed off, after listening to this album, were you really listening?
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Kill Your Stereo
After two of their three records released during the 2010s felt so lacklustre, it’s refreshing, elevating, to hear Rise Against kicking off a new decade with a decent, if familiar and imperfect return to form. I know it, you know it, we all know it: this is a Rise Against record through and through in style, production and songwriting.
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The Line of Best Fit
Nowhere Generation is a bright return for political punks Rise Against.
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mxdwn Music
It’s a solid album that fans can find comfort in, and it will fit nicely on a Spotify-generated playlist. Being a band that plays for over 20 years isn’t easy. Fans want change, but they also don’t want change. If you change, you sold out, but if you don’t change it up, you become boring and predictable. So yes, Nowhere Generation is worth the time, but it’s also okay to just keep listening to Appeal To Reason.
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All Music
Nowhere Generation may lack the nervy zeal of peak efforts like Siren Song of the Counter Culture and Appeal to Reason, but it most certainly has the gravitas.
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Vinyl Chapters
Overall, Nowhere Generation is by no means a bad album. Musically, the tracks have enough variety to keep the listener interested whilst staying true to a definitive style; the lyrics certainly maintain our attention due to their originality; and the record as a whole demands that we listen and take note of the message that the band is attempting to convey – and, might I add, they convey it rather well.
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Dead press
Delivering another consistently strong release, Rise Against show no signs of slowing down or stagnating any time soon.
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Loud Magazine
This album sets out to do something and manages in the main to achieve exactly that. There was a time in music that musicians everywhere were asking questions and passing social commentary like those wrapped up in this album, it warms me that more bands are again getting back to shaking the platform a little.
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Sonic Perspectives
Sending off fireworks with drums and strings, Rise Against once again balances hope and despair for a razor-sharp punk rock album that more than lives up to their name.
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Distorted Sound Magazine
Whilst Nowhere Generation occasionally falls for its predecessors failings, it’s arguably the band‘s finest hour since 2011‘s Endgame. Channelling their rallying cries through a sonic sense of urgency, RISE AGAINST have curated a collection of protest songs that pave the way for a whole new era of politically-conscious individuals to take the stage and make a stand.
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Sputnik Music
Nowhere Generation is merely a good album that offers us a worthwhile batch of late-career songs. How late into their career might depend on whether or not they're able to truly embrace the spirit of punk rebellion and reform their own outdated aesthetic.
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Cryptic Rock
Nowhere Generation sees Rise Against delivering a bold set of tracks that speak volumes, all while titillating our eardrums. Skipping the vapid effects and formulaic pretenses, refusing to kowtow to genre, they create an album that is as strong musically as it is lyrically. Much like the times that it reflects it is equal parts hope and sadness, lending its content a realism that transcends any toxic positivity as it dodges crippling despair.
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What Culture
if you love Rise Against, this is the album for you; It's a fun, 40-minute experienced loaded with fast-paced, punk rock brilliance, socially relevant lyrics, with powerful instrumentations and vocals.
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Clash Magazine
Though 'Nowhere Generation' isn’t breaking boundaries, it doesn’t need to. Rise Against have carved out a niche that works for them, and if it aint broke, why fix it?
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Live4Ever
Sadly, Nowhere Generation just isn’t enough of a pain in the ass to trouble anybody behind a door in the corridors of power.
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idobi
You can pick and choose favorite tracks on the album but, for me, the whole thing hangs together as a cohesive unit, each song building on the next until you want to paint signs and march on the halls of power.
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Stereoboard
Rise Against’s template is still largely made up of sturdy, punk-tinged alt-rock—it’s not the most innovative, but that was never what they came to do. They shine brightest when they create genuine moments that feel as defiant and powerful as the lyrics, such as the rhythm section’s determined thrum throughout Sudden Urge and the soaring riffs that take Talking To Ourselves and Broken Dreams Inc. to beautiful, anthemic places.
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