"If we're going to die, we should probably just make a ton of shit that we like first," said Adebimpe, reflecting the urgency and creativity post-9/11.
"Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes is an album in which extremes-of sound, of emotion, of thought-are tamed and normalized, even beautified, until their extremity becomes so routine."
"Adebimpe, possessor of one of the greatest voices of his generation, sings with the urgency and desperation of someone who'd been asleep for a long time and has woken up to find his house on fire."
"The world was bigger than we thought, and the past had suddenly become a fragile mirage," capturing the essence of the tumultuous atmosphere surrounding the band's debut.
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