American Whip

Track listing

1. "Sunstroke" - 1:00
2. "Christmas Song" - 3:39
3. "Baby You Should Know" - 4:31
4. "33X" - 3:25
5. "Out of the Sun" - 4:29
6. "Drugs" - 0:24
7. "Dosed and Became Invisible" - 4:16
8. "Alzheimers" - 4:32
9. "Ron" - 3:37
10. "In the Never Ending Search for a Suitable Enemy" - 6:19
11. "VSX" - 0:53
12. "Valley Stream" - 4:35

Critical reaction

The BBC's Richard Banks praised "charming melodies, heart-melting harmonies and hazy lo-fi guitars" forming "an intoxicating alt-pop nectar", noting a formula little-changed from their first album. He also discerned a darker side beneath the "saccharine" surface. Pitchfork rated it 7.5/10, calling it "engaging and sharply-drawn", rejecting deeper meanings. IGN gave it 8.5/10.

Drowned in Sound scored it 5/10, saying "Joy Zipper are the type of band that think shrouding their songs in a sheet of sub-Kevin Shields drone, drugged-up affectations and bastardised Bacharach melodies makes their pedestrian pop sound urgent, vital and 'edgy.' It doesn't." Uncut called it a new My Bloody Valentine album in all but name, scoring it 4/10.