| Ultraviolet Battle Hymns and True Confessions | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The Dream Syndicate |
| Cover: | The Dream Syndicate - Ultraviolet Battle Hymns and True Confessions.jpg |
| Alt: | An abstract series of black and light violet images |
| Recorded: | July 2021 |
| Studio: | Montrose Recording, Richmond, Virginia, US |
| Language: | English |
| Label: | Fire |
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| Prev Title: | The Universe Inside |
| Prev Year: | 2020 |
| Next Title: | Live Through the Past, Darkly |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
Ultraviolet Battle Hymns and True Confessions is a 2022 studio album by American rock band The Dream Syndicate. It has received positive reviews from critics for expanding the band's sound.
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Mark Deming writing that this album is "every bit as imaginative and uncompromising as what they conjured when they were noisy heroes of the paisley underground" in the 1980s and that the band drew on progressive rock influences for "mood and atmosphere". At Paste, Eric R. Danton rated this album a 7.4 out of 10, calling this a "return to form" after the experimental rock of 2020's The Universe Inside, while still retaining stylistic variation with "something here for any Dream Syndicate fan". Writing for Spill Magazine, Ljubinko Zivkovic scored this release an 8 out of 10, summing up that "the band has gained an extra edge, coming up with a batch of their most memorable songs in recent times". Uncuts Sharon O'Connell gave Ultraviolet Battle Hymns and True Confessions an 8 out of 10, writing that chosen to "evolve rather than preserve their psychedelic/country pop sound by introducing notes of R&B, funkand, jazz, andleaning into early Floyd".
All songs written by Steve Wynn, except where noted
The Dream Syndicate
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