''Peanut Butter'' is the second and final album by

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noise-pop band

Joanna Gruesome Joanna Gruesome were a five-piece noise pop band from Cardiff, Wales. The name of the group is a reference to musician Joanna Newsom. They released two albums and a number of singles. History Joanna Gruesome were formed in 2010 in Cardiff. T ...

, released in the spring of 2015. It received favorable reviews from critics and is the last album recorded with the lead singer Alanna McArdle before her departure from the band.

Reception

In general, critics praised Peanut Butter as musically tighter, more self-aware, and more stylistically developed than their previous album, Weird Sister. Their distinctive blend of harsh guitar riffs and "bubblegum" vocal harmonies with unexpected chords and progressions is a key feature of this album. The lyrics have been praised for playfully blending "the abstract and the concrete" and for their "hyper-specificity" that pulls from personal experiences to create engaging and enigmatic songs.

Track listing

References

{{Authority control 2015 albums Joanna Gruesome albums Fortuna Pop! Records albums Slumberland Records albums