| Tentacles | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 7, 2009 United States April 6, 2009 UK | |||
| Recorded | 2008–2009, Closer Recording, San Francisco, California, United States | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock, garage, punk | |||
| Length | 40:02 | |||
| Label | Touch and Go Records | |||
| Producer | Crystal Antlers, Joe Goldring | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| BBC | Positive link |
| Drowned in Sound |   link |
| The Guardian | link |
| Hot Press | link |
| musicOMH |  link |
| NME | 7/10 link |
| No Ripcord | 8/10 link |
| Pitchfork Media | 6.7/10 link |
| PopMatters | 7/10 link |
| Prefix Magazine | 8.5/10 link |
| Rolling Stone | link |
| Spin | link |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | link |
| Uncut | link |
| Yahoo! | 8/10 link |
Tentacles is the debut album by the band Crystal Antlers. It was released via Touch and Go Records on April 7, 2009 in the USA and a day earlier in the UK.[1] Tentacles marked the final new release on Touch and Go for the foreseeable future after the label decided to downsize its operations significantly.[2][3]
The album was met with a generally positive reception by critics, attaining a score of 71% from the reviews collated by Metacritic.
- ^ "Crystal Antlers: Tentacles | PopMatters". Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
- ^ "Chicago indie label Touch and Go downsizes its operation". TheGuardian.com. 19 February 2009.
- ^ "Touch and Go Downsize".