Post-American


Post-American is the first full-length studio album by American post-hardcore band MSPaint, released on February 20, 2023.

Reception

Writing for Loud and Quiet, Kyle Kohner gave this album an 8 out of 10, calling it "one of the most refreshing punk records anyone will hear this year". Nina Corcoran of Pitchfork rated Post-American a 7.4 out of 10, praising frontman Deedee in particular as "the final garnish on an album defined by unexpected combinations" that "instills a humble profundity in MSPaint's music". In a profile of MSPaint published before the release of this album, Stereogums Julia Towers predicted this would be one of the best albums of the year and in a June round-up of the best albums of 2023, the publication placed this at third, with Chris DeVille writing that "there's nothing quite like this album".
In a June 19 review of the best albums of 2023, editors at Paste ranked this 23 for being "an invigorating call to prioritize love and justice in a time when virtually every part of society and culture encourages robotic mindlessness". In Exclaim!, this was rated the 19th best album of 2023. Editors at Stereogum chose this for the ninth best album of 2023. Editors at Pitchfork included this in their list of the 37 best rock albums of 2023. Editors at BrooklynVegan included this on their list of the 55 best albums of 2023.
A piece by Nina Corcoran for Pitchfork chose this album to spotlight how American hardcore punk music embraced experimentation and cross-genre elements in 2023.

Track listing

Lyrics by Deedee, music by MSPaint.
  1. "Information" – 2:13
  2. "Think It Through" – 2:58
  3. "Acid" – 2:45
  4. "Hardwired" – 2:52
  5. "Delete It" – 2:22
  6. "S3" – 1:26
  7. "Decapitated" – 3:13
  8. "Post‐American" – 3:06
  9. "Free from the Sun" – 2:21
  10. "Titan of Hope" – 3:28
  11. "Flowers from Concrete" – 3:22

Personnel

MSPaint
Additional personnel