New Brigade Explained

New Brigade
Type:	studio
Artist:	Iceage
Cover:	New Brigade Iceage.jpeg
Label:	What's Your Rupture?
Next Title:	You're Nothing
Next Year:	2013

New Brigade is the debut album by Danish punk rock band Iceage.

Reception

New Brigade was well received by critics upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 85, based on 18 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

New Brigade received Pitchforks "Best New Music" designation, with critic David Bevan praising it as a "refreshing and extraordinary debut". He continued, "These four have located a punk-rock sweet spot: mixing the black atmosphere of goth, the wild-limbed whoosh of hardcore, and the clangor of post-punk. It's a feat made all the more impressive by one very important intangible: energy." David Malitz of The Washington Post also praised the debut, saying that "In an era of rock-gone-easy-listening and endless reunions, New Brigade is a reminder of how powerful a noisy, new band with something to prove can sound. The kids maintain an unrelenting intensity throughout the album’s 12 songs."^[1]

Pitchfork placed the album at number 37 on its list of the top 50 albums of 2011,^[2]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Rank
The A.V. Club	The Best Music of 2011	21	^[3]
BBC Music	Top 25 Albums of 2011	10	^[4]
DIY	Albums of 2011	45	^[5]
The Guardian	The Best Albums of 2011	50	^[6]
The Line of Best Fit	The Best Fit Fifty: Albums of 2011	43	^[7]
New York	The Year in Pop (Top 10 Albums)	6	^[8]
NME	50 Best Albums Of 2011	36	^[9]
Old Waver	Top 50 Albums of 2011	50	^[10]
Pitchfork	Top 50 Albums of 2011	37	^[11]
Pretty Much Amazing	40 Best Albums of 2011	35	^[12]
Spin	50 Best Albums of 2011	23	^[13]
Stereogum	Top 50 Albums of 2011	19	^[14]
Treble	Top 50 Albums of 2011	26	^[15]
Uncut	Top 50 Albums of 2011	46	align=center rowspan=2	^[16]
Top 50 Albums of 2011 (One Year On)	29

Personnel

Iceage

• Elias Bender Rønnenfelt – vocals, guitar
• Johan Surrballe Wieth – guitar
• Jakob Tvilling Pless – bass
• Dan Kjær Nielsen – drums

Technical personnel

• Jens Benz – engineering, mixing
• Nis Bysted – mixing
• Iceage – mastering, mixing
• Alberte Karrebæk – photography
• Peter Schneidermann – mastering

Notes and References

1. News: Quick spins: Ty Segall, Iceage, Justin Moore . . 21 June 2011 . 8 July 2011 . Malitz . David . Friskics-Warren . Bill.
2. Web site: Staff Lists: The Top 50 Albums of 2011 . . 15 December 2011 . 8 January 2012 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091548/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/8727-the-top-50-albums-of-2011/2/ . dead .
3. Web site: The best music of 2011. The A.V. Club. 6 December 2011. 23 May 2020.
4. Web site: Diver. Mike. 1 December 2011. Top 25 Albums of 2011. BBC Music. 23 May 2020.
5. Web site: DIY's Albums Of 2011: 50–41. DIY. 8 December 2011. 23 May 2020.
6. Web site: Jonze. Tim. 1 December 2011. The best albums of 2011: 50–11. The Guardian. 23 May 2020.
7. Web site: The Best Fit Fifty: Albums of 2011. The Line of Best Fit. 22 December 2011. 23 May 2020.
8. Web site: Abebe. Nitsuh. December 2, 2011. The Year in Pop. New York. 23 May 2020.
9. Web site: 50 Best Albums Of 2011. NME. 9 December 2011. 23 May 2020.
10. Web site: Top 50 Albums of 2011. Old Waver. 17 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120110154740/http://www.oldwaver.com/2011/12/old-wavers-top-50-albums-of-2011.html. 10 January 2012. 23 May 2020.
11. Web site: Staff Lists: The Top 50 Albums of 2011 . Pitchfork . 15 December 2011 . 8 January 2012 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091548/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/8727-the-top-50-albums-of-2011/2/ . dead .
12. Web site: PMA's 40 Best Albums of 2011. 30 December 2011. Pretty Much Amazing. 23 May 2020.
13. Web site: SPIN's 50 Best Albums of 2011 . Spin. 12 December 2011. 23 May 2020.
14. Web site: Stereogum's Top 50 Albums of 2011 . . 5 December 2011 . 15 January 2012.
15. Web site: Top 50 Albums of 2011. Treble. 11 December 2011. 3. 23 May 2020.
16. Web site: Mulvey. John. 10 January 2013. Uncut's Top 50 of 2011; One Year On.... Uncut. 23 May 2020.