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Ratworld is the debut studio album by Leeds-based band Menace Beach. The album was released through Memphis Industries on 19 January 2015.

Ratworld
Studio album by Menace Beach
Released	15 January 2015 (2015-01-15)
Genre	Indie rock, surf punk
Length	32:52
Label	Memphis
Menace Beach chronology
Lowtalker EP (2014) Ratworld (2015) Lemon Memory (2017)
Singles from Ratworld
"Come On Give Up" Released: September 22, 2014

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	68/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Clash	6/10[3]
Contactmusic.com	3.5/5[4]
DIY	[5]
Drowned in Sound	7/10[6]
The Guardian	[7]
Loud and Quiet	6/10[8]
musicOMH	[9]
NME	8/10[10]
Pitchfork Media	7.1/10[11]

Critical reception

Ratworld received generally favorable reviews from critics. On Metacritic, it has been given a score of 68 out of 100 based on 13 reviews.[1] Stephen Ackroyd of DIY raved the album, saying "Ratworld is that rarest of beasts—a debut album that’s got a backstory running deeper than all six seasons of Lost, but still sounds like it’s delivered without any requirement for effort whatsoever." Ackroyd gave the album five out of five stars.[5] Al Horner at NME gave the album 8/10 praising their sound and musicianship, saying that Ratland "may relish a world on the brink of chaos, but this is a band with their shit together."[10] Pitchfork Media's Evan Rytlewski gave the album 7.1/10 complimenting the band's embracing of their influences, as well as their energy. Rytlewski wrote Menace Beach "bottles and concentrates the exuberance of [1990s] era's alterna-pop".[11]

Andy Peterson of Contactmusic.com gave the album a more mixed-review. Peterson felt that the album "their resolutely DIY aesthetic in the wrong hands could be a minefield of derivation"; however, he backpedaled and said the despite this that Ratworld " manages to bottle enough psy-kookiness in the thirteen tracks here to hold even the most wayward of attentions".[4]

Track listing

References

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