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New Brigade is the debut album by Danish punk rock band Iceage.

New Brigade
Studio album by Iceage
Released	7 January 2011 (2011-01-07)
Genre	Art punk[1] no wave[2] post-punk[3][4][5] punk rock[6][7]
Length	24:09
Label	What's Your Rupture?
Iceage chronology
New Brigade (2011) You're Nothing (2013)

Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.8/10[8]
Metacritic	85/100[9]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The A.V. Club	A−[10]
Consequence of Sound	[11]
Drowned in Sound	8/10[7]
NME	9/10[12]
Pitchfork	8.4/10[3]
PopMatters	8/10[13]
Rolling Stone	[2]
Spin	9/10[14]
Uncut	[15]

New Brigade 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 85, based on 18 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[9]

New Brigade received Pitchfork's "Best New Music" designation, with critic David Bevan praising it as a "refreshing and extraordinary debut".[3] He continued, "These four have located a punk-rock sweet spot: mixing the black atmosphere of goth, the wild-limbed whoosh of hardcore, and the clangor of post-punk. It's a feat made all the more impressive by one very important intangible: energy."[3] David Malitz of The Washington Post also praised the debut, saying that "In an era of rock-gone-easy-listening and endless reunions, New Brigade is a reminder of how powerful a noisy, new band with something to prove can sound. The kids maintain an unrelenting intensity throughout the album’s 12 songs."[16]

Pitchfork placed the album at number 37 on its list of the top 50 albums of 2011,[17]

Accolades

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
The A.V. Club	The Best Music of 2011	21	[4]
BBC Music	Top 25 Albums of 2011	10	[18]
DIY	Albums of 2011	45	[5]
The Guardian	The Best Albums of 2011	50	[19]
The Line of Best Fit	The Best Fit Fifty: Albums of 2011	43	[20]
New York	The Year in Pop (Top 10 Albums)	6	[6]
NME	50 Best Albums Of 2011	36	[21]
Old Waver	Top 50 Albums of 2011	50	[22]
Pitchfork	Top 50 Albums of 2011	37	[23]
Pretty Much Amazing	40 Best Albums of 2011	35	[24]
Spin	50 Best Albums of 2011	23	[25]
Stereogum	Top 50 Albums of 2011	19	[26]
Treble	Top 50 Albums of 2011	26	[27]
Uncut	Top 50 Albums of 2011	46	[28]
	Top 50 Albums of 2011 (One Year On)	29

Track listing

Personnel

Iceage

• Elias Bender Rønnenfelt – vocals, guitar
• Johan Surrballe Wieth – guitar
• Jakob Tvilling Pless – bass
• Dan Kjær Nielsen – drums

Technical personnel

• Jens Benz – engineering, mixing
• Nis Bysted – mixing
• Iceage – mastering, mixing
• Alberte Karrebæk – photography
• Peter Schneidermann – mastering

References

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