Let Me Do One More

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Let Me Do One More
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1, 2021 (2021-10-01)
GenreIndie rock, punk rock[1][2]
Length40:55
LabelSnack Shack Tracks, Hopeless Records
ProducerSarah Tudzin
Illuminati Hotties chronology
Free I.H: This Is Not the One You've Been Waiting For
(2020)
Let Me Do One More
(2021)

Let Me Do One More is the second studio album by American indie rock band Illuminati Hotties.[3] It was released under Hopeless Records and co-released under the band's own imprint label, Snack Shack Tracks on October 1, 2021.[4][5] The album features collaborations from Alex Menne, the singer of Great Grandpa and Buck Meek, the guitarist of Big Thief.[6][7][8] The album was mostly written before the band's last release, Free I.H: This Is Not the One You've Been Waiting For.

Background[edit]

Let Me Do One More was largely written before the band's last mixtape, Free I.H: This Is Not the One You've Been Waiting For.[9] Free I.H: This Is Not the One You've Been Waiting For signals the band's departure from the record label Tiny Engines due to the financial controversy between the record label and several of its artists.[5] The New York Times reported that because Sarah Tudzin, the bandleader of Illuminati Hotties, did not want Let Me Do One More "to arrive on the embattled label [Tiny Engines]", she wrote the mixtape, Free I.H: This Is Not the One You've Been Waiting For to complete a contractual agreement with the label.[5] Let Me Do One More was released under Hopeless Records and the band's own label, Snack Shack Tracks, which was first launched during the release of "Mmmoooaaaaayaya", the album's first single.[4][10]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic87/100[11]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[12]
Exclaim!8/10[9]
The Line of Best Fit8/10[1]
No Ripcord9/10[2]
Paste8.5/10[13]
Pitchfork8.0/10[3]
PopMatters8/10[14]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, Let Me Do One More received an average score of 87, based on 12 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[11] Alex Hudson of Exclaim! called the album "12 songs of impeccably crafted pop hooks, hyperactive crescendos and graceful comedowns".[9]

Accolades[edit]

Let Me Do One More on year-end lists
Publication List Rank Ref.
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2021
35

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLength
1."Pool Hopping"3:07
2."MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA"3:04
3."Knead"3:27
4."Threatening Each Other re: Capitalism"4:43
5."u v v p"4:44
6."Protector"4:31
7."Joni: LA's No. 1 Health Goth"3:37
8."Kickflip"2:24
9."Toasting"0:37
10."The Sway"3:35
11."Cheap Shoes"2:59
12."Growth"4:08
Total length:40:55

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Illuminati Hotties' Let Me Do One More is a joyous record to laugh, rage, and cry to". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Rodriguez, Juan Edgardo (September 30, 2021). "Let Me Do One More". No Ripcord. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Jones, Abby (October 4, 2021). "Illuminati Hotties: Let Me Do One More". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on October 15, 2021. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "illuminati hotties' Let Me Do One More is a Multi-Layered, Vulnerable Indictment of Capitalism". Consequence. September 30, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c Zoladz, Lindsay (September 29, 2021). "Illuminati Hotties' Wonderfully Warped Punk-Pop". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 11, 2021. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
  6. ^ Sentz, Tim (October 4, 2021). "Album Review: illuminati hotties – Let Me Do One More | Beats Per Minute". beatsperminute.com. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
  7. ^ "Great Grandpa: Plastic Cough". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  8. ^ Naddaff-Hafrey, Benjamin (November 9, 2017). "The Lore Of Big Thief". NPR. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  9. ^ a b c "Illuminati Hotties' 'Let Me Do One More' Is the One We've Been Waiting For | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
  10. ^ "illuminati hotties launch new label Snack Shack Tracks, share "MMMOOOAAAAAYAYA": Stream". Consequence. April 21, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Let Me Do One More by Illuminati Hotties". Metacritic. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
  12. ^ Let Me Do One More - Illuminati Hotties | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved October 27, 2021
  13. ^ "illuminati hotties Find Liberation in Let Me Do One More". pastemagazine.com. October 1, 2021. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  14. ^ Merrick, Hayden (October 18, 2021). "Illuminati Hotties: Let Me Do One More (Album Review)". PopMatters. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  15. ^ Corcoran, Nina (December 7, 2021). "The 50 Best Albums of 2021". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 8, 2021.