Guerilla Toss You're Weird Now
Released Sep 12, 2025 Sub Pop Records
Consensus forming 3 professional reviews Updated Aug 27, 2026
Broadly positive consensus
Consensus is still forming across 3 professional reviews. Guerilla Toss's You're Weird Now jolts with theatrical urgency and art-pop collage, balancing sincere moments against a restless, deliberately rough-edged sound.
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The songs critics returned to most
Favorite Sun
1 critic mention
“It’s a triumphant-sounding piece, with the most impressive vocal on the record” — PopMatters
Krystal Ball
1 critic mention
“brims with nervous energy: spiky vocals ricocheting” — PopMatters
When Dogs Bark
1 critic mention
“The banging sound of "When Dogs Bark" is somewhat meditative, with droning hooks” — PopMatters
Full critic consensus
Guerilla Toss's You're Weird Now jolts with theatrical urgency and art-pop collage, balancing sincere moments against a restless, deliberately rough-edged sound. Across professional reviews the record earns a 75/100 consensus score from three reviews, and critics consistently point to a tension between energetic performance and studio polish as the album's defining trait. PopMatters highlights commanding vocal turns and kinetic tracks such as “Krystal Ball”, “Favorite Sun” and “When Dogs Bark” for their ability to reach triumphant peaks even when other songs falter.
Reviewers praise the album's atmosphere and improvisatory flashes, with “CEO of Personal & Pleasure” cited as an emblem of the record's freewheeling charm. Themes of sincerity and political or angrier undertones thread through the lyrics and delivery, giving the art-pop collage emotional weight beyond its sudden shifts and occasional rough edges. While some critics note moments where arrangements stumble or could use more polish, the consensus suggests the collection's rawness is also its strength, lending immediacy and character.
For those asking if You're Weird Now is good, the critical consensus and a 75/100 score across three professional reviews indicate a favorable, if somewhat mixed, reception: standout songs emerge as the real selling points, and the album stakes a distinct place in Guerilla Toss's catalog as an energetic, at times uncompromising, statement that invites repeated listens.
Track Ratings
How critics rated each track, relative to this album (0-100). Only tracks that made critics feel something are rated.
Krystal Ball
Psychosis Is Just a Number
CEO of Personal & Pleasure
Life’s a Zoo
Red Flag to Angry Bull
Panglossian Mannequin
Deep Sight
When Dogs Bark
Crocodile Cloud
Favorite Sun
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What Critics Are Saying
Deep insights from 3 critics who reviewed this album
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Critic's Take
Guerilla Toss on You’re Weird Now sell moments of thrilling nerve and theatricality, with tracks like “Krystal Ball” and “Favorite Sun” standing out for their kinetic urgency and commanding vocal turns. The reviewer's ear latches onto the album's collage of voice, keys and bass - praising its atmosphere over polish, and celebrating improvisatory flashes on “CEO of Personal & Pleasure” as emblematic of the record's freewheeling charm. Where songs such as “Crocodile Cloud” and “Life’s a Zoo” stumble, the band still returns to triumphant peaks like “When Dogs Bark” that confirm why listeners will ask about the best tracks on You’re Weird Now.
Key Points
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The best song is driven by kinetic atmosphere and commanding vocals, exemplified by "Favorite Sun" and opener "Krystal Ball".
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The album's core strength is its collage-like art pop atmosphere and invigorating performance energy over technical perfection.