A nervy, garage-punk-blasted amalgam of Beastie Boys, Beck, and Pissed Jeans -- with a little bit of Wu-Tang Clan tossed in for good measure, the Dangerbird-issued Freaked Out American Loser is the sophomore studio long-player from the idiosyncratic, Milwaukee-bred, Brooklyn-based artist, producer, vlogger, and energy drink-slinging entrepreneur. On paper, Juiceboxxx sound like a mess (his influences run the gamut from the Ramones and Public Enemy to the Chemical Brothers and Bruce Springsteen), but on record he cuts a relatable and charismatic figure who manages to mind-meld high energy rap, pop, punk, garage, and classic rock into submission without losing the tiniest bit of flow. Employing a dense yet innately listenable fusion of cascading golden age rap beats, electro-shocked loops, and gnashing guitars, Freaked Out American Loser is a pop culture pinball machine on full-tilt, and JB is at his most compelling when he augments his Ad-Rock-isms with a bit of Mark E. Smith-inspired punk veneer.
1a | Freaking Out |
2a | Brutalizing |
3a | Go To The Club Alone |
4a | Destruction and Redemption |
1b | Guts and Tension |
2b | Lifers and Losers |
3b | Permanent Brain Damage |
4b | No Good Way To Grow Up |
5b | Freaked Out American Loser |