Snares Like a Haircut

Snares Like a Haircut is the fourth studio album by American noise rock duo No Age. The album was released on January 26, 2018, through Drag City Records.

Snares Like a Haircut
Studio album by No Age
Released	January 26, 2018
Studio	Infrasonic Sound[1] (Echo Park, California)[2]
Genre	Noise rock noise pop art punk
Length	39:12
Label	Drag City
Producer	Pete Lyman
No Age chronology
An Object (2013) Snares Like a Haircut (2018) Goons Be Gone (2020)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.5/10[3]
Metacritic	84/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The A.V. Club	B+[6]
DIY	[7]
The Guardian	[8]
Mojo	[9]
Pitchfork	8.0/10[10]
Q	[11]
Record Collector	[12]
Uncut	8/10[13]
Vice	A[14]

Snares Like a Haircut received favorable reviews upon release. According to Metacritic which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a score of 84, based on 20 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim."[4]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Randy Randall and Dean Allen Spunt; all music is composed by No Age.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cruise Control"	3:31
2.	"Stuck in the Changer"	3:14
3.	"Drippy"	2:38
4.	"Send Me"	3:55
5.	"Snares Like a Haircut"	3:44
6.	"Tidal"	3:30
7.	"Soft Collar Fad"	2:26
8.	"Popper"	2:42
9.	"Secret Swamp"	2:47
10.	"Third Grade Rave"	2:48
11.	"Squashed"	4:19
12.	"Primitive Plus"	3:38
Total length:		39:12

Personnel

The following were credited with the artwork, mixing, and production of the album.[1]

• Phillip Broussard Jr. — Mixing
• Daphne Fitzpatrick — Artwork
• Pete Lyman — Engineer, Mastering
• No Age — Primary Artist
• Randy Randall — Group Member
• Brian Roettinger — Design, Typography
• John Sinclair — Engineer
• Dean Spunt — Group Member

Charting

Chart (2018)	Peak position
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[15]	46
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[16]	12

References

1. "Snares Like a Haircut - No Age Credits". Allmusic. All Media. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
2. "About — Infrasonic Sound". infrasonicsound.com. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
3. "Snares Like a Haircut by No Age reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
4. "Snares Like a Haircut by No Age Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
5. Sendra, Tim. "Snares Like a Haircut – No Age". AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
6. Gerardi, Matt (January 26, 2018). "No Age, Snares Like A Haircut". The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
7. Daly, Rhian (January 26, 2018). "No Age – Snares Like a Haircut". DIY. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
8. Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (January 26, 2018). "No Age: Snares Like a Haircut review – vital dreamlike punk for all comers". The Guardian. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
9. Chick, Stevie (February 2018). "No Age: Snares Like a Haircut". Mojo (291): 95.
10. Pelly, Jenn (January 29, 2018). "No Age: Snares Like a Haircut". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
11. Perry, Andrew (March 2018). "No Age: Snares Like a Haircut". Q (382): 113.
12. Moores, JR (January 2018). "No Age – Snares Like A Haircut". Record Collector (475). Retrieved May 24, 2018.
13. Pattison, Louis (February 5, 2018). "No Age – Snares Like a Haircut". Uncut. Archived from the original on February 5, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
14. Christgau, Robert (June 9, 2018). "Robert Christgau on Parquet Courts' Sharp, Sinewy New Album". Vice. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
15. "No Age Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
16. "No Age Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 24, 2018.