Open Your Heart (album)
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| Studio album by The Men | ||||
| Released | 6 March 2012 | |||
| Recorded | Summer 2011 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, post-punk, shoegaze | |||
| Length | 45:06 | |||
| Label | Sacred Bones | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 83/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | A |
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| Mojo | |
| NME | 8/10 |
| Pitchfork | 8.5/10 |
| Rolling Stone |  |
| Spin | 9/10 |
| Uncut | 8/10 |
Open Your Heart is the third studio album by the Brooklyn punk rock band The Men, released March 6, 2012 on Sacred Bones Records. The album saw a change in sound for The Men, being less aggressive than the band's previous album Leave Home and incorporating influences from classic rock, country music and surf rock. The album received mostly positive reviews.
Open Your Heart was recorded in the summer of 2011 at Python Patrol studio.Open Your Heart was almost finished when Leave Home, The Men's second album, was released. The album cover came from a stag magazine, with the vulgar elements in the background blacked-out.
The album was first announced on December 14, 2011. The first song released from the album, "Open Your Heart," premiered online on January 24, 2012. A second song from Open Your Heart, "Ex-Dreams," was released February 17, 2012.
Open Your Heart has been described as more "toned down" and psychedelic than Leave Home. The album incorporated country music, doo-wop, krautrock and surf rock elements into the music. For specific bands, writers have cited Foo Fighters, MC5, The Replacements, Spacemen 3, Sonic Youth, No Age, Yo La Tengo, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath as artists of comparison. In an interview, the band said they were listening heavily to John Fahey, Leo Kottke, Cheap Trick, Big Star, Lou Reed and Bob Dylan's Street Legal while recording the album. Vocalist Mark Perro attributed Open Your Heart's new sound to the band having more time to write and record.
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