New Skin
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 28, 2016
Genre[1][2]
Length30:32
LabelColumbia
ProducerJosh Homme
CRX chronology
New Skin
(2016)
Peek
(2019)
Singles from New Skin
  1. "Ways to Fake It"
    Released: September 7, 2016
  2. "Broken Bones"
    Released: October 20, 2016

New Skin is the debut studio album by American rock band CRX. It was released on October 28, 2016.[3] Lead singer, Nick Valensi has described the album's sound as a mix of power pop and heavy metal, and has named The Cars, Cheap Trick and Elvis Costello as influences.[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Consequence of Sound(C+)[6]
NME[7]
DIY[8]
The Observer[9]

New Skin received positive reviews, and currently holds a score of 69/100 on Metacritic based on nine reviews, indicating a "generally favourable" response.[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Nick Valensi, except where noted. Additional music credits in brackets

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Ways to Fake It"Richie Follin, Valensi2:59
2."Broken Bones"Valensi3:31
3."Give It Up"Valensi3:52
4."Anything"Valensi3:27
5."Walls"Daniel Davies, Valensi2:38
6."Slow Down"Valensi, Darian Zahedi4:06
7."On Edge" (Safley, Valensi, Zahedi)Jon Safley, Valensi, Zahedi1:53
8."Unnatural"Valensi2:27
9."One Track Mind"Valensi2:51
10."Monkey Machine"Valensi2:48
Total length:30:32

Personnel

Credits adapted from LP liner notes.[10]

CRX

Production and additional personnel

References

  1. "Nick Valensi of CRX and The Strokes interview with Miles the DJ". YouTube. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
  2. "Nick Valensi on New Side Project, State of the Strokes". rollingstone.com. 6 September 2016.
  3. "Different Strokes: Nick Valensi On His New Band CRX And Working With Josh Homme - NME". nme.com. 26 October 2016.
  4. Doyle, Patrick (6 September 2016). "Nick Valensi on New Side Project, State of the Strokes". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "New Skin by CRX on Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  6. "Album Review: CRX – New Skin". consequence.net. 27 October 2016.
  7. "CRX - 'New Skin' Review - NME". NME. 27 October 2016.
  8. Swann, Emma (November 2016). "Album Review: CRX – New Skin". DIY. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  9. Carnwath, Ally (6 November 2016). "CRX: New Skin review – flickering embers of the Strokes". The Observer. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  10. "crx-liner". Imgur.
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