"Every so often there's a record so accomplished that it makes most albums of its type sound ridiculous, and Secular Works is one of those … Remarkable for its scope, depth and technical accomplishment, Secular Works is a devastating record that has the power to change minds, if only people hear it. Don't miss out.” - Dusted Magazine


“In Extra Life, Looker taps into a mesmerizing form of avant-rock raga, repeating words, and shifting into a windswept, entrancing post-punk throat singing … The first song to catch our attenton is opener "Blackmail Blues," which hit us like a darker, heavier take on Dirty Projectors (backed by Torch Of The Mystics Sun City Girls) … these are master works. The album itself is called Secular Works, but this stuff feels somehow religious in its fervor." -
Stereogum


“ ... scarily focused and ruthlessly complex in a post-prog sort of way, but it also flirts with a dark, sumptuous art-pop vibe. The end product is relentless, enveloping and frequently gorgeous." - Time Out New York


"Secular Works is terrifying. Often more terrifying the closer you get." - Plan B Magazine


"Tension and restraint. Adornment and shedding. These are the balances that define Extra Life’s fantastic full-length debut, Secular Works … Looker’s sense of arrangement and composition melds each sound into a gripping work where fear and urgency loom within each track … It creates an aesthetic so grave and completely realized that it’s with the best sense of anxiety that I anticipate where Extra Life goes next.” - Tiny Mixtapes


“Precision bone-crushing … I realize this may sound like hyperbole, but have you seen this band? Go, then decide if I’m exaggerating.”
- Impose Magazine


"... a deep, dark, tremendous record... nihilistic, destructive, but utterly captivating. Highly recommended." - Rave Magazine


"[Extra Life's] tastes and conventions defy all idioms - pop, avant garde, classical contemporary... Secular Works is a hard dose to swallow and is as constructive as it is deconstructive, but is a must-listen for anybody who considers themselves a true music fan." -Sputnikmusic


"The music of Secular Works consistently has a sense of urgency, albeit a gothic, Swans-like urgency... Highly original, complex and aggressive, Extra Life still manages instances of beauty, melodic song writing and lyrical ingenuity... one of the best albums of the year." -Indierockreviews.com


"Wildly ambitious and utterly unique, Secular Works is a challenging but compulsive listen, as utterly incomprehensible as it is undeniably immediate. It offers an extraordinarily multi-faceted experience, perfectly pitched between welcoming, ancestrally familiar communal song and alienating, willfully abstruse constructions.” - The Quietus


"... one of those rare blends of experimentation and quality songwriting that succeeds on every conceivable level." -Brainwashed



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Tiny Mix Tapes / Plan B / Gothamist / Too Cool to Die / New York Press / Gapers Block / Progarchives