It's the Big Joyous Celebration, Let's Stir the Honeypot

It's the Big Joyous Celebration, Let's Stir the Honeypot
Studio album by Teen Suicide
Released April 1, 2016 (2016-04-01)
Length 68:21
Label Run for Cover
Teen Suicide chronology
i will be my own hell because there is a devil inside my body
(2012)
It's the Big Joyous Celebration, Let's Stir the Honeypot
(2016)
Singles from It's the Big Joyous Celebration, Let's Stir the Honeypot
  1. "Alex"
    Released: February 2, 2016
  2. "The Stomach of the Earth"
    Released: February 22, 2016
  3. "The Big Joyous Celebration"
    Released: March 18, 2016

It's the Big Joyous Celebration, Let's Stir the Honeypot is the second studio album by American rock band Teen Suicide. The double album was released on April 1, 2016 on Run for Cover Records.[1]

Although various outlets—including the band's label Run for Cover Records—have referred to It's the Big Joyous Celebration, Let's Stir the Honeypot as Teen Suicide's final album,[2] the band themselves have indicated that they will not be disbanding but merely changing their band name "when our contract is up."

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic79/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Consequence of SoundB+[5]
DIY[6]
Exclaim!8/10[7]
Pitchfork7.8/10[8]
Spin9/10[9]

It's the Big Joyous Celebration, Let's Stir the Honeypot received largely positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 6 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[3]

David Sackllah of Spin praised the album, stating, "For a lo-fi project, Celebration is a particularly imaginative, lengthy work full of vivid character portraits, using additional instrumentation and computer-generated distortion to expand far beyond the boundaries of more straightforward guitar-driven indie acts."[9]

Ian Cohen of Pitchfork Media gave the album a favorable review, stating, "The directness with which it speaks to its audience makes it easy to imagine Celebration inspiring a lot of its younger listeners to start a band. For anyone else, it’s just an inspiring testament to indie rock’s continued vitality."[8]

Will Richards of DIY was more critical of the album, stating, "Teen Suicide’s final act is nigh-on impossible to categorise or fully digest, and its nature and length makes it at the same time a difficult listen, but one that brings rewards of all different kinds across its running length."[6]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Sam Ray, except where noted. 

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Living Proof"    4:28
2. "The Big Joyous Celebration"    2:13
3. "Alex"    2:46
4. "Violets"    1:42
5. "Obvious Love"    2:33
6. "It's Just a Pop Song"    4:01
7. "V.I.P."    2:07
8. "Wild Thing Runs Free"    2:39
9. "Bright Blue Pickup Truck"    2:40
10. "Big Mistake"    1:13
11. "What You Want"    2:32
12. "God"    2:00
13. "Neighborhood Drug Dealer"    2:11
14. "Have a Conversation"    1:19
15. "Beauty"    2:12
16. "Pavement"    2:00
17. "America"    2:36
18. "Devotion"    3:12
19. "The Things I Love Are Killing Me"    1:35
20. "Falling out of Love with Me"    3:36
21. "I Don't Think It's Too Late"    2:39
22. "Long Way Down"    3:45
23. "My Little World"    2:23
24. "The Hurricane"  
2:47
25. "The Stomach of the Earth"    4:33
26. "If I Don't See You before You Leave"    2:39
Total length:
68:21

Personnel

Teen Suicide
Additional personnel

References

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