You're Nothing Explained

You're Nothing
Type:studio
Artist:Iceage
Cover:Iceage You're Nothing Album Cover.jpg
Genre:
  • garage rock[1]
Label:Matador
Prev Title:New Brigade
Prev Year:2011
Next Title:Plowing Into the Field of Love
Next Year:2014

You're Nothing is the second studio album by Danish punk rock band Iceage. The album was released through Matador Records on 19 February 2013. Like its predecessor, New Brigade, the album was met with critical acclaim.

Critical reception

You're Nothing 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 80, based on 41 reviews, indicating "generally favorable". Brandon Stosuy of Pitchfork gave the album a "Best New Music" designation, saying that "Iceage write brilliant songs; on You're Nothing, they've found a way to clarify these compositional skills without stripping away their power."

Fred Thomas, writing for AllMusic, also praised the album and the group's musical evolution, writing, "By the time the title track rolls around to close the album, Iceage have developed a record reaching out in many directions without straining to make any points."

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cartledge. Luke. Iceage: Beyondless. Loud and Quiet. February 2, 2024.