{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Clean | type = EP | artist = Whores. | cover = Whores - Clean EP.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2013|9|29}} | recorded = Parhelion Recording Studios | venue = | studio = | genre = Noise rock, sludge metal<ref name="sput"/> | length = {{Duration|m=24|s=23}} | label = Brutal Panda | producer = Ryan Boesch | prev_title = Ruiner EP | prev_year = 2011 | next_title = | next_year = }}
'''''Clean''''' (stylized as '''''Clean.''''') is the second EP release by American noise rock band Whores. It was released on October 29, 2013, via Brutal Panda Records.<ref name="metalsucks">{{cite web | url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2013/10/22/whores-clean-act/ | title=Whores Clean Up Their Act | publisher=MetalSucks | date=October 22, 2013 | accessdate=April 8, 2014 | author=Neilstein, Vince}}</ref> The EP was produced and mixed by Ryan Boesch, who is known for his engineering work for acts such as Melvins, Helmet and Foo Fighters.<ref name="exclaim-review">{{cite web | url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/Metal/whores-clean | title=Whores - Clean | publisher=Exclaim! | date=October 15, 2013 | accessdate=April 8, 2014 | author=Walschots, Natalie Zina}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = ''Exclaim!'' | rev1Score = 9/10<ref name="exclaim-review"/> | rev2 = ''Orlando Weekly'' | rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="orlando">{{cite web | url=http://orlandoweekly.com/music/atlanta-s-whores-are-one-of-the-most-underrated-noise-rock-bands-around-today-1.1584491 | title=Atlanta’s Whores are one of the most underrated noise-rock bands around today | publisher=Orlando Weekly | date=November 13, 2013 | accessdate=April 8, 2014 | author=Le-Huu, bao}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev3Score = (6.4/10)<ref name="p4k-review1">{{cite web | url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18687-whores-clean/ | title=Whores - Clean | publisher=Pitchfork | date=November 15, 2013 | accessdate=April 8, 2014 | author=O'Connor, Andy}}</ref> | rev4 = Sputnikmusic | rev4Score = 4.1/5<ref name="sput">{{cite web | url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/59505/Whores.-Clean/ | title=Whores. - Clean (staff review) | publisher=Sputnikmusic | date=October 28, 2013 | accessdate=April 8, 2014 | author=Fisher, Greg}}</ref> }}
Upon its release, ''Clean'' generally received positive reviews. Natalie Zina Walschots of ''Exclaim!'' praised the album, writing: "The songs are appallingly catchy and "Blue Blood," in particular, drives its hooks in as deeps as barbed porcupine quills, refusing to be dislodged. Rarely has an act of musical self-immolation been so enjoyable."<ref name="exclaim-review"/> ''Orlando Weekly'' music reviewer Bao Le-Huu stated: "Dealing in exhilarating violence and rampaging heaviness, this record is kin to releases by bands like Unsane and Pissed Jeans, but with more concussive torque and searing clarity."<ref name="orlando"/> Andy O'Connor of ''Pitchfork'' was rather mixed in his assessment of the album: "It doesn't push or expand the genre, and it doesn't feel like that's the point: it, more or less, feels like they wanted something to put on their merch table, and an excuse to ditch town for a week, and ''Clean'' is serving that purpose. Not the worst thing in the world, but also not the most inspired."<ref name="p4k-review1"/> Sputnikmusic staff reviewer Greg Fisher felt that the album "may not appeal to those who seek experimentation in heavy music", while stating that the band's "ultra-loud brand of noise rock seethes with enough unbridled anger, songwriting dexterity and alluring hooks to exert a lasting impact."<ref name="sput"/>
==Track listing== All tracks written by Whores.
# "Baby Bird" - 3:41 # "Last Looks" - 4:07 # "I Am Not a Goal-Oriented Person" - 2:57 # "Cougars, Not Kittens" - 6:41 # "Blue Blood" - 1:41 # "I Am an Amateur at Everything" - 5:16
==Personnel== ;Whores *Christian Lembach - vocals, guitar *Jake Schultz - bass *Travis Owen - drums
;Technical personnel * Ryan Boesch - mixing, recording, production * Patrick "JJP" Copeland - artwork
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140408215853/http://brutalpandarecords.com/artists/whores/ Whores on Brutal Panda Records]
Category:2013 EPs Category:Whores (band) albums Category:Noise rock EPs Category:Sludge metal EPs