Tracey Denim

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.3⁄10 (14 reviews)[4]
Metacritic	76⁄100 (12 reviews)[5]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Clash Music	9⁄10[7]
The Line of Best Fit	8⁄10[8]
Loud and Quiet	7⁄10[3]
Mojo	[9]
NME	[10]
No Ripcord	7⁄10[11]
Pitchfork Media	6.9⁄10[12]
The Skinny	[2]

Editors of AnyDecentMusic? scored this album a 7.4 out of 10, based on 14 reviews.[4] Tracey Denim received positive reviews from critics noted at review aggregator Metacritic. It has a weighted average score of 76 out of 100, based on 12 reviews.[5]

Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Heather Phares writing that "it's an album that's complex enough for fans of the band's previous work, and just welcoming enough for a wider audience".[6] Phillip Pyle of Clash Music gave this album a 9 out of 10 for lyrics that create rich mental images, a range of emotions, and being able to unravel "unravels sprawling and playful, yet concerted, development of [the band's] sound".[7] At The Line of Best Fit, Joe Creely rated this an 8 out of 10, calling it "an album that feels like a self-contained world without losing sight of songs that really work in and of themselves" that is "a natural development from the trio and one that points to an exciting future".[8] For Loud and Quiet, Sam Walton rated Tracey Denim a 7 out of 10, stating that "despite working fairly tightly within the confines of idiomatic post-punk throughout, it doesn’t really sound like anything else in that bracket".[3] With 3 stars out of 5 in Mojo, Stevie Chick praised the "terse honesty" of the band's lyrics and writes that this release sees "no monkeying with the formula: bedsit pop enervated by minor-key guitar chugs and sparse synths which are often over before you've unravelled their riddles".[9]

Erica Campbell of NME rated this work 4 out of 5 stars, with "15 impressively arranged tracks" that "chart a promising and imaginative course with their first release on Matador Records".[10] No Ripcord's Juan Edgardo Rodriguez scored Tracey Denim a 7 out of 10 calling it a work that "mostly screams avant-garde in its minimalism, sometimes to its detriment".[11] Philip Sherburne of Pitchfork gave this album a 6.9 out of 10, characterizing it as a "moody, moth-eaten record-collector rock that gets by on moody insouciance" and "a finely calibrated tribute to the evergreen sounds that have fueled underground rock for decades".[12] Zara Hedderman of The Quietus writes that "thematically, Tracey Denim vacillates between the desire to “lose control”, navigating new realities... and the ensuing fear of what will happen in the process of letting someone go, of being alone... particularly [in the] excellent closing suite of songs".[13] Patrick Gamble of The Skinny called this release "complex and seductive, without ever feeling pretentious", rating it 4 out of 5 stars.[2] Editors at Stereogum chose this for Album of the Week, with critic Ted Davis remarking that "the album contains multitudes" and recommends that if listeners want to understand the elusive band, "it all comes down to getting lost in Tracey Denim’s wonderfully understated racket".[1]

1. "guard" – 2:23
2. "Nurse!" – 3:48
3. "punkt" – 2:26
4. "my kiss era" – 3:32
5. "F.O.B." – 2:16
6. "Missus Morality" – 4:12
7. "yes i have eaten so many lemons yes i am so bitte" – 2:59
8. "changer" – 3:29
9. "Horsey Girl Rider" – 2:44
10. "NOCD" – 2:56
11. "best in show" – 2:44
12. "Clark" – 2:24
13. "harpee" – 3:14
14. "Friends" – 1:52
15. "maddington" – 2:45

Bar Italia

• Nina Cristante
• Jezmi Fehmi
• Sam Fenton

Additional personnel

• Marta Salogni – mixing[14]

• List of 2023 albums

• Tracey Denim at Discogs (list of releases)
• Tracey Denim at MusicBrainz (list of releases)