Street Worms | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Viagra Boys |
Cover: | Street Worms Viagra Boys.jpg |
Recorded: | April - June 2018 |
Genre: | |
Length: | 36:45 |
Label: | YEAR0001 |
Prev Title: | Call of the Wild |
Prev Year: | 2017 |
Next Title: | Welfare Jazz |
Next Year: | 2021 |
Street Worms is the debut studio album by Swedish post-punk band, Viagra Boys. The album was released on 28 September 2018 through YEAR0001.
Ahead of the release of the album, two singles were released: "Sports" came out in mid August 2018, and at the end of August 2018, the single "Just Like You" came out.
In an interview with The Fader, the band stated that the album is focused on discussing and criticizing hypermasculinity and right-wing populism in Europe.[1]
Street Worms was well-received by music critics. On review aggregator website, Metacritic, it received an average rating of 80 out of 100 based on four professional critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". The album received a similar score of 79 out of 100 on Album of the Year based on six reviews by professional critics.
Street Worms was also included in some best-albums-of-2018 year-end lists, notably ranking in those by Gaffa Sweden (11th),[2] Loud and Quiet (14th),[3] and NME (57th).[4]
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Street Worms.[5]