Use Me
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Use Me
Use Me is the third studio album by American rock band Pvris. It was released August 28, 2020, by Warner Records. The album features 11 songs, three of which are featured on the band's 2019 EP, Hallucinations. Use Me is the band's final album to feature lead guitarist Alex Babinski, who was fired from the band following allegations of sexual misconduct two days before the album's release. -Wikipedia
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Kerrang!
It’s a PVRIS album, packing in every quality that she’s built that name upon, while powered by a subtle forward motion. That every idea and sound heard is hers and she can finally, proudly take sole credit for that is to be celebrated.
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NME
‘Use Me’ is the sound of an artist flexing her muscles, making sense of and peace with her past and, most importantly, embracing a new future.
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The Line of Best Fit
PVRIS’s third album has been marred by delays that have become textbook for a rock band moving over to a major label.
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DIY Magazine
It’s a powerful - and at times, vulnerable - listen that comes doused in sparkling synths and delicious beats.
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The Upcoming
The sonic palette is a fun mix of influences, putting the sound more on the pop than rock side of pop-rock. Gunn’s voice is powerful and drenched in reverb, and the polished and dense production creates interest. The tunes might not be the most original, but the raw, left-field lyrics and shiny production more than make up for that.
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All Music
Use Me is also an inspiration, a cathartic rebirth for Gunn where she can take full credit for doing all the work, embracing the pain and cleaning her wounds with strength and confidence.
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Beats Per Minute
Use Me positions Gunn as damn near unstoppable as she takes the fight to afflictions both physical and mental. Her third album leaves no stone unturned, turning darkness into sheer catharsis. Sounds like something we all could use.
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mxdwn
PVRIS displays their multifaceted talents through their latest album, Gunn’s solo work proving itself to be extraordinary. Gunn describes being a female rock artist as daunting, and many times the role feels difficult to embody. Through Use Me, however, she displays a new sense of confidence that is visible in the brazen reveal of her personal hardships, and the art that she has created by facing them and sharing them with the world.
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Blunt Magazine
it’s refined, mature and easily their strongest work yet. While it will be interesting to see the next steps in this new era, for now, PVRIS have grown into what they were always destined to be.
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AltWire
Use Me has a moment lovingly dedicated to each and every step of the band’s career. Once again, even in spite of some deliberate changes in style, PVRIS have proven and exceptional act in the delicate art of taking the deepest, darkest corners and turning it into something mesmerizing.
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The Soundboard
Use Me still makes that feel like a disappointment, as though the only thing that could be yielded from a period of turbulence, drama and significant inter-band restructuring is just more of the same.
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Aesthetic Magazine
A single listen hints that Use Me is a snapshot of PVRIS in flux.
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Edinboro Now
“Use Me” is a work of art that focuses on Gunn and her amazing talent vocally, musically, as a songwriter, and as a producer. The collection of songs is more authentic than anything she has written before. Along with baring her heart and soul, she’s also let each song be instrumentally beautiful and speak to our souls.
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Wall of Sound
It makes me feel like an empowered boss bitch who can get through anything. If Gunn can get through heartbreak, Britney Spears made it through 2007, and we make it through 2020, we can get through anything! Listen to this album and know shit is going to get better and we have fucking got this!
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Caliber TV
Use Me doesn’t just sound like Lynn’s declaration of taking the reins, though– if anything, it’s a refreshing reintroduction to her project and carves a clear path for listeners’ expectation of future music.
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The Gm Reviews
The thematic connection of this album does help to bring the full mission of the record to light, which enhances its musical experience as a whole.
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Dead Press
the album is top heavy, with its strengths residing in the first half. This isn’t to say that the latter tracks are weak; on the contrary, they too evidence growth.
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The Edge
PVRIS have topped themselves with this experimental and explosive sophomore album and adapting to the changing musical landscape alongside their fans.
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Highlight Magazine
'Use Me' is special and unique, just like PVRIS themselves.
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musicOMH
Use Me is by far the most streamlined and production-pristine of PVRIS’ work to date.
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Cryptic Rock
Use Me is an exercise in sonic sorcery.
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Gig Goer
If this album proves one thing, it is that PVRIS have mastered the electro-pop / synth-pop sound and are unparalleled in creating a dark yet dreamy mood and a sad yet tranquil sound you can lose yourself into.
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Rush on Rock
The production value is quite frankly impeccable: every noise, lyric and track feels deliberately placed. Rarely does the album feel gritty or dirty like the aforementioned Paramore. It is, instead, an extremely polished yet personal record.
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Punktastic
They’ve made incredibly catchy songs that you can both fall in love with and wallow in, able to blend beauty and gloom together in perfect harmony. It’s no easy feat to tread that line, but ‘Use Me’ plainly shows that PVRIS don’t have any trouble walking it whatsoever. Yet another giant leap forward for a phenomenally talented band.
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Sound Bite Reviews
It makes for an engaging listen and one that I feel also helps to make the album a great experience from start to end.
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Empoword Journalism
Use Me is a get-up-and-dance album. Even when she’s saying that she hates her life, but it’s good to be alive, Lynn Gunn is inspirational.
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