Saint Agnes Your God Fearing Days Are About To Begin
Consensus is still forming across 4 professional reviews. Saint Agnes's Your God Fearing Days Are About To Begin arrives as a feral, widescreen statement that marries punk attitude to modern industrial goth-pop, and critics largely agree it's a bold step forward. Across four professional reviews the record earned an 80.25/100 consensus score, with reviewers repeatedly pointin
The best song, "Good Boy", is the album's fiercest opener with post-NINE INCH NAILS loops and confrontational lyrics.
The album’s core strengths are strong lyricism and dynamic instrumental payoffs, though pacing falters in the slower back half.
Best for listeners looking for alt-rock revival and industrial electronics, starting with Good Boy and The Father, The Son and The Holy Beast.
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Full consensus notes
Saint Agnes's Your God Fearing Days Are About To Begin arrives as a feral, widescreen statement that marries punk attitude to modern industrial goth-pop, and critics largely agree it's a bold step forward. Across four professional reviews the record earned an 80.25/100 consensus score, with reviewers repeatedly pointing to front-loaded pacing and abrasive electronics as both its engine and its appeal. Early tracks like “Good Boy” and “The Ghost” are cited most often as the best songs on the album, while “The Father, The Son and The Holy Beast”, “The Beast” and “Song For Mia” recur as standout tracks that showcase the band's knack for dramatic payoffs.
Critics consistently praise the album's blend of subversive pop-metal hooks and gothic mythology, noting how snarling verses give way to anthemic choruses and satisfying instrumental climaxes. Blabbermouth celebrates the record's chart-ready hooks and post‑industrial loops, calling “Good Boy” a lurching highlight and “The Ghost” an instant anthem. Classic Rock frames the collection as a modern goth-pop triumph that converts personal anguish and political critique into muscular, arena-ready fury. Sputnik Music emphasizes cohesion and dynamic payoffs, while flagging the back half's pacing as the collection's main shortcoming.
Taken together, the professional reviews form a clear critical consensus: Your God Fearing Days Are About To Begin is a compelling, occasionally uneven reinvention that positions Saint Agnes at the intersection of alt-rock revival and industrial reinvention. For those wondering whether the album is worth listening to, the score across four reviews and multiple standout tracks suggests it is a must-listen for fans of abrasive electronics, anthemic hooks and gothic, confrontational songwriting.
Critics' Top Tracks
The standout songs that made critics take notice
Good Boy
3 mentions
"Good Boy" is the perfect starting point: a lurching haze of post- NINE INCH NAILS loops"— Blabbermouth
The Father, The Son and The Holy Beast
3 mentions
"The Father, The Son and The Holy Beast" is an untamed eruption of abrasive electronics"— Blabbermouth
The Ghost
2 mentions
"The Ghost" is an instant anthem that brims with hooks, heart and glitchy, distorted decoration;"— Blabbermouth
Good Boy" is the perfect starting point: a lurching haze of post- NINE INCH NAILS loops
Track Ratings
How critics rated each track, relative to this album (0-100). Only tracks that made critics feel something are rated.
Good Boy
The Ghost
The Father, The Son and The Holy Beast
The Beast
Song For Mia
Everything You Denied
The Blood Beat (Angel in the Marble)
Gods of War
Get Them Out
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What Critics Are Saying
Deep insights from 4 critics who reviewed this album
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Critic's Take
In a gleefully subversive tone that never lets up, Saint Agnes make Your God Fearing Days Are About To Begin feel like a furious alt-pop manifesto, with “Good Boy” and “The Ghost” emerging as two of the best songs on the album. The reviewer revels in the record's abrasive electronics and chart-ready hooks, calling “Good Boy” a lurching haze of post-NINE INCH NAILS loops and praising “The Ghost” as an instant anthem brimming with hooks. The narrative keeps the same ecstatic, combative energy found in the review, arguing that these best tracks prove the band have made a huge leap forward in songwriting and production. Read as a case for the best tracks on the record, the prose insists this is one of the most dynamic alt-rock albums in recent memory.
Key Points
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The best song, "Good Boy", is the album's fiercest opener with post-NINE INCH NAILS loops and confrontational lyrics.
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The album's core strengths are its blend of abrasive electronics, sharp songwriting and arena-ready, subversive pop-metal hooks.
Themes
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Critic's Take
Saint Agnes have sharpened their knack for gothic mythology on Your God Fearing Days Are About To Begin, where the best songs - “Good Boy”, “The Beast” and “Gods Of War” - turn personal trauma into muscular, anthemic fury. Mark Beaumont’s tone is sensational and vivid, praising how “Good Boy” snarls at submission while “The Beast” drifts hauntingly, and how “Gods Of War” attacks warlords with abattoir guitars. He frames the album as both hardcore and accessible, a modern goth-pop triumph that modernises industrial brutalism without losing melodic craft. The result is a record that feels ravenous, emotionally raw and primed to break the band beyond the underground.
Key Points
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Good Boy is the best song because it channels the album’s political bite into a tubthumping, confrontational anthem.
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The album’s core strengths are its gothic-modern fusion, emotional intensity, and balance of savage and melodic textures.
Themes
Critic's Take
Saint Agnes sound more natural and cohesive on Your God Fearing Days Are About To Begin, and the best songs land early with real force. The fiery opener “Good Boy” sets the tone, while “Song For Mia” surprises with a slow-building industrial groove that flips into a techno banger. “The Father, The Son and The Holy Beast” and “Everything You Denied” show off satisfying instrumental payoffs and climactic endings, which make them among the best tracks on the album. The back half stumbles in pacing, but the highlights make this the band’s most impressive record to date.
Key Points
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The best song is the opening “Good Boy” because it immediately establishes the album’s fiery industrial identity and confident vocals.
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The album’s core strengths are strong lyricism and dynamic instrumental payoffs, though pacing falters in the slower back half.