{"id":23451,"date":"2026-10-19T06:02:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=23451"},"modified":"2026-10-19T06:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:02:37","slug":"french-loud-rock-outfit-critical-pint-turn-excess-into-pressure-with-the-official-video-of-too-much-aint-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=23451","title":{"rendered":"French Loud Rock outfit CRITICAL PINT turn excess into pressure with the official video of \u201cToo Much Ain\u2019t Enough\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/CRITICAL-PINT-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23452\" style=\"width:491px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/CRITICAL-PINT-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/CRITICAL-PINT-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/CRITICAL-PINT-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/CRITICAL-PINT-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/CRITICAL-PINT.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<strong>No additives. No half measures. Just Loud Rock at the point of overflow.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">French quartet <strong>CRITICAL PINT<\/strong> unveil the official music video for <strong>\u201cToo Much Ain\u2019t Enough\u201d<\/strong>, pushing the gauge exactly where they like it: towards the critical point between intensity and excess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The single delivers the band\u2019s self-described <strong>Loud Rock<\/strong> in its most concentrated form \u2014 massive riffs, raw energy and the heat of 1970s hard rock dragged through the thick, heavy textures of stoner rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its pressure is both musical and emotional. \u201cToo Much Ain\u2019t Enough\u201d evokes the kind of relationship that begins as an obvious connection before gradually taking up all the available space. Attraction becomes dependence; intensity turns into overload \u2014 and the song keeps tightening its grip without searching for an easy release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now accompanied by an official music video, the track gains a new entry point without losing any of its weight, immediacy or underlying tension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following \u201cRedemption\u201d and \u201cWhat A Big Question,\u201d this third single of 2026 further sharpens&nbsp;<strong>CRITICAL PINT\u2019s<\/strong> identity: immediate enough to hit on first contact, heavy enough to leave a mark, and always written with the stage in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&#8230;For the record&#8230;<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Formed in Chamb\u00e9ry in 2017, <strong>CRITICAL PINT<\/strong> brew together the swagger of 1970s hard rock and the dense textures of stoner rock under one banner:&nbsp;<strong>Loud Rock<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neither hard rock nor stoner. Both at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across their debut EP <em>Just A Drop<\/em>, the 2023 album <em>Thirst of All<\/em> and nearly one hundred live performances, the quartet have developed a direct, robust sound whose full weight is designed to be experienced onstage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their journey has already taken them to events including Hellfest Le Off, Ours en Sc\u00e8ne, Voolstock Festival and, in June 2026, the forecourt of Lyon\u2019s Groupama Stadium during Linkin Park\u2019s concert date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following a year of artistic development at the Les Abattoirs venue and a sustained sequence of concerts and new releases, CRITICAL PINT are now entering their most active chapter yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToo Much Ain\u2019t Enough\u201d is out now on all streaming platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Stream the single on your favorite platform<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lnk.to\/Vm37He\"><strong>lnk.to\/Vm37He<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Critical Pint \u2013 Too Much Ain&amp;apos;t Enough (Official Music Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AIkMtMpaZG8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;No additives. No half measures. Just Loud Rock at the point of overflow. French quartet CRITICAL PINT unveil the official music video for \u201cToo Much Ain\u2019t Enough\u201d, pushing the gauge exactly where they like it: towards the critical point between intensity and excess. The single delivers the band\u2019s self-described Loud Rock in its most concentrated&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=23451\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">French Loud Rock outfit CRITICAL PINT turn excess into pressure with the official video of \u201cToo Much Ain\u2019t Enough\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23453,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23451\/revisions\/23453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}