{"data":{"title":"New Self","artist":"The Bobby Lees","release_date":"2026-06-12","consensus_score":"77.50","review_count":4,"highlights":["The title track “New Self” is best for its electrifying hip-hop\/hardcore mix and narrative.","The album's core strengths are raw honesty, urgent energy, and versatile arrangements that let songs breathe.","The best song(s) like \"Give\" capture Quartin's power and the realities of life on the road.","The album's strengths are raw vocals, tight full-bodied production, and a balance of grit and fun.","The best song is “Napoleon” because it channels raw rage and industry frustration with a banshee\u2019s howl.","The album\u2019s core strengths are blistering rage, swaggering bravado, and concentrated intensity across a brief runtime.","The best song is the opener “Give” because its menacing, fiery punk sets the album\u2019s fierce tone.","The album\u2019s core strengths are sharp wit, self-awareness, and festival-ready, shout-along punk hooks."],"top_tracks":[{"track_id":17823,"title":"All I Got"},{"track_id":17818,"title":"Give"},{"track_id":17825,"title":"Red Hot"}],"answer":{"score":78,"review_count":4,"sample_state":"Consensus forming","confidence_percent":85,"last_consensus_update_at":"2026-06-15T13:14:41+00:00","verdict_label":"Broadly positive consensus","verdict_summary":"Consensus is still forming across 4 professional reviews. The Bobby Lees's New Self arrives as a concentrated blast of raw rock energy, pairing industry disillusionment with a brittle, defiant humor that critics say makes the record hard to ignore. Across four professional reviews the collection earned a 77.5\/100 consensus score, with writers repeatedly pointing to a concise","standout_tracks":["All I Got","Give","Red Hot"],"primary_praise":"The title track \u201cNew Self\u201d is best for its electrifying hip-hop\/hardcore mix and narrative.","primary_criticism":"prizes the record's ferocity but scores it more conservatively, reflecting some critics' view that the short runtime leaves certain ideas underdeveloped.","audience_fit":"Best for listeners looking for industry disillusionment and resilience, starting with All I Got and Give.","methodology_url":"https:\/\/chorus.reviews\/methodology"},"reviews":[{"source":"God Is In The TV Zine","score":"90.00","summary":null,"url":"https:\/\/www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk\/2026\/06\/11\/the-bobby-lees-new-self-epitaph-records\/"},{"source":"AllMusic","score":"80.00","summary":null,"url":"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/album\/new-self-mw0004779425"},{"source":"The Arts Desk","score":"80.00","summary":null,"url":"https:\/\/www.theartsdesk.com\/new-music\/after-four-year-hiatus-bobby-lees-reveal-their-new-self"},{"source":"Kerrang!","score":"60.00","summary":null,"url":"https:\/\/www.kerrang.com\/album-review-the-bobby-lees-new-self"}],"url":"https:\/\/chorus.reviews\/albums\/the-bobby-lees-new-self"},"meta":{"source":"Chorus - Critical Music Consensus","last_updated":"2026-06-18T20:48:50.912329Z"}}