Bunuel’s fourth studio album “Mansuetude” came out on Oct. 25th, here’s a collection of reviews and thoughts about this record that came out in these days.
Enjoy the read!
INTERNATIONAL PRESS
“For all the writhing in pain and darkness, there is something clean and lean about it. In a busy season for noise rockers old and new, this may well be the most impressive of the bunch.”
– Jared Dix for The Quietus, full article HERE
“[…]But Buñuel is not the Eugene S. Robinson show. They are a unit, committed to a collective task. And while they may record separately, they have toured, and very much become a band in full. (Witness the live footage above.) In fact, following the unfortunate and ugly implosion of Oxbow, they have gone from being Robinson’s “other band” to simply his band, full stop. Long may they roar.”
– Phil D. Freeman on his Substack Burning Ambulance, read all (and subscribe) HERE
“Tell me another Rock band that sounds like Buñuel. Perhaps they’re out there, but I haven’t heard them. In any case, maybe one Buñuel is enough. Let’s thank the heavens (or wherever else) for this one. ”
– Tom Osman for GhostCultMagazine, full article HERE
“BUÑUEL’s latest train-wreck committed to tape, Mansuetude, moves beyond chaos of the trilogy, A Resting Place for Strangers, The Easy Way Out and Killers Like Us. Mansuetude is more instinctual. Something gloriously haphazard and untethered. It’s the loose cannon of a record that BUÑUEL have finally unleased.”
– Simon Kirk for Sun13, full article HERE
“The overall feel of Mensuetude was just a pure assault of gritty bass, furious drums, screeching guitars, and stunningly-powerful vocals. I was left wondering if it’s possible to make a comparison to the same type of rage and power that The Mars Volta once had in the early 2000s; where if The Mars Volta was cocaine and Latin music, Buñuel is meth and noise rock.”
– Andy Spoon for MetalEpidemic, full article HERE
“On top of being a delightfully weird blast to listen to, Mansuetude is a reminder that Eugene S. Robinson just keeps moving forward and never gets stuck in the past.”
– Andrew Sacher for “Notable releases of the week” on BrooklynVegan, full article HERE.
“On its surface it reminds me of a sludgier Fucked Up, and I’m sure there are a ton of more accurate and enlightening noise-rock comparisons to be made. You’ll have to discover those for yourself.”
– Joshua Bulleid for “Release Round-up” on HeavyBlogIsHeavy, full article HERE.
“Screaming, strident, massive, it tears everything apart.”
– Will Dum for Muzzart.fr, full article HERE
” The results are certainly not something that’s easy to follow, but if you have the time to really listen and figure out what’s going on, then this chaos will make good sense after all. ”
– Fear And Loathing, full article HERE
“they prop up his Thespian delivery with a rumbling but controlled entropy, stretching the music in wild directions, from Killing Joke-esque post-punk burns (“Who Missed Me”) to doomish sludge (“Pimp”) and screechy ambient dissonance (“A Room in Berlin”).
– Antonio Poscic for PopMatters, full article HERE
“Everything about Mansuetude is dense, dark, and raging. It’s relentless in its ferocity, its raging intensity, an album that never lets up and is truly punishing at any pace. It’s an outstanding album, but it hurts.”
–Christopher Nosnibor for Aural Aggravation, full article HERE
” These 13 songs are anything but gentle. The guitars sound like engines in the midst of a rage and vocals are aggressive and guttural. Odd and disorienting drum patterns are used to chaotically introduce the tracks in this album.”
– Rhys Heraghty for Mxdwn, full article HERE
“‘Mansuetude’ goes further than any of the previous three albums did, eschewing the traps of genres (though referencing pretty much all the right stuff, from noise rock to jazz to metal to punk, even) and focusing more on the gut-wrenching intensity of the delivery.”
– TheDevil’s Mouth release roundup on their Substack
“They have somehow mastered the art of pushing your ears into places they have never been before, enabling the real joy to come from the pleasure you immediately gain from that.”
– Puny Human on his Substack
INTERVIEWS
RetroFuturista, written interview
Veil Of Sound, Eugene talks with Throsten about the new album
TRACK BY TRACK
Flood Magazine (ft. Eugene and Andrea)
ITALIAN PRESS
“In mezzo al ciclone è il suono che cambia tutto, compatto al punto da sentire il solido premere contro i timpani, annientamento fisico un attimo prima che diventi psichico. È il sound della paura che si fa realtà, stringe fino a sbriciolare tutto. Vero. Sanguinoso. Tattile. È così che “Mansuetude” investe ogni singolo senso disponibile.
Implacabili.”
– Fabio Marco Ferragatta per Impatto Sonoro, articolo completo QUI
“Mansuetude” è un disco corrosivo, abrasivo, incollocabile in un cassetto di genere. Mettere in un cassetto questa opera sarebbe delittuoso.”
– Bruno Giraldo per RockNation, articolo completo QUI
“Se Drug Burn è un post-punk circolare, High Speed Chase è esplosiva, con un ottimo basso gracchiante, che sostiene dell’ottimo noise/post-core.”
– Vittorio Lannutti per Kathodik, articolo completo QUI
“In quasi un’ora di noise rock senza fronzoli Mansuetude riesce a mostrare non solo il suo lato più feroce ma anche una crescita che appare percepibile disco dopo disco. Una macchina da guerra.”
– Giuseppe Vitale per Radioaktiv, articolo completo QUI
“I Bunuel, insomma, fanno sul serio. Non cercano di ammansire o consolare i loro ascoltatori: come l’omonimo regista, tirano rasoiate nelle pupille, in grado di colpire fino all’anima.”
– Simone Vavalà per MetalItalia, articolo completo QUI
“Violenza, dunque; e impatto senza fronzoli, poi. Infine, la somma di questi due approcci che dà come risultante la libertà di suonare cosa e come si vuole, a briglia sciolta e con tante variazioni sul canone pur se sempre dentro un perimetro sonoro abbastanza riconoscibile. “
– Stefano Pifferi per SentireAscoltare, articolo completo QUI
“Un lavoro ambizioso e urgente, contorto e spaventoso, esattamente come deve suonare se non si vuole ammiccare al pubblico ma strangolarlo lentamente.”
– Massimo Perasso per TheNewNoise , articolo completo QUI
““Mansuetude” è un album che fa rumore pur non essendo un album eccessivamente rumoroso. È un noir crudele che racconta la realtà in una corsa che tocca tutti quei nervi scoperti che ci lacerano, soffocandoci il respiro in gola. Un disco che ci porta alla deriva, in modo inquietante, istintivo. Perché, alla fine di tutto – e del tutto – la vera “mansuetudine” è quella che pervade l’aria, a disco finito, mentre la puntina ritorna al suo posto.”
– Marco Valenti per Grind On The Road, articolo completo QUI
“Mansuetude è un disco bello, maturo, consapevole.”
– Aaron Giazzon per Sodapop, articolo completo QUI
“Sono surreali ed estremi come, appunto, Luis Bunuel. Il loro suono è minaccioso e il loro hardcore è come la famosa lametta che taglia l’occhio nell’opera indimenticabile e insuperata del grande regista. ”
– Luca Pasquinelli per IndieForBunnies, articolo completo QUI
MORE PRESS
Following the exciting announcement we released last week about Buñuel‘s upcoming fourth album Mansuetude, here’s a press roundup with all the webzines and websites that shared the details about this release.
| BROOKLYN VEGAN (PREMIERE) | exclusive première |
| DISTORTED SOUND | album news |
| MC GIG MUSIC | album news |
| SUN-13 | album news |
| GRANDE ROCK | album news |
| HEAVY MUSIC HQ | release listing |
| ROCKING (GR) | album news |
| METAL ITALIA (IT) | album news |
| SUFFER MAGAZINE (IT) | album news |
| NEW NOISE (FR) | album news |
| IMPATTO SONORO (IT) | album news |
| VISIONS (DE) | album news |
| METAL HAMMER (IT) | album news |
| HEAVY METAL HEAVEN (IT) | album news |
| GRIND ON THE ROAD (IT) | album news |
| OUT OUT (JP) | album news |
| SUFFER MAGAZINE (IT) | album news |
| GETTING IT OUT (US) | album news |
| GHOST CULT MAGAZINE (US): | album news |
| SCENE POINT BLANK (US): | album news |
| ROCKING GREECE (GR) | album news |
We would like to thank our amazing PR partners: Rarely Unable, Discipline PR, Motormouth Media PR and their respective teams for working with us on this release!
More to come!
