Arrangements (album) explained

Arrangements
Type:studio
Artist:Preoccupations
Cover:Arrangements Preoccupations.jpg
Released:September 9, 2022
Recorded:October 2020 – March 2022
Genre:Post-punk
Length:38:11
Prev Title:New Material
Prev Year:2018

Arrangements is the fourth studio album by Canadian post-punk band Preoccupations. The album was released through Flemish Eye in Canada and self released in the rest of the world on September 9, 2022. The album gap of four-and-a-half years was the longest in the band's career.

Critical reception

Arrangements received positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 72, based on four reviews, indicating "general favorable reviews". Writing for Beats Per Minute, John Amen gave the album a rating of 77% and commented that "...what distinguishes Preoccupations from many of their postpunk peers is not so much a distinct take on the usual sources – Joy Division, Bauhaus, The Cure, et al – but a more subtle and career-long affinity with such bands as Sonic Youth, Swans, and Sunn O))). That is, Preoccupations' brand of postpunk is denser, grittier, and more panoramic than the versions produced by many of their contemporaries."[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amen . John . 2022-09-13 . Album Review: Preoccupations – Arrangements Beats Per Minute . 2022-09-16 . beatsperminute.com . en-US.