Preoccupations is the second studio album by Canadian rock band Preoccupations, released on September 16, 2016, by Flemish Eye in Canada and Jagjaguwar in the United States.^[1] It was the band's first album released under this name, after changing it from "Viet Cong" in 2015.

The album was preceded by the singles "Anxiety", "Degraded" and "Memory".^[2][3][4]

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Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.4/10[5]
Metacritic	79/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
Consequence of Sound	B[8]
DIY	[9]
Exclaim!	7/10[10]
The Irish Times	[11]
Pitchfork	7.9/10[12]
PopMatters	8/10[13]
Q	[14]
The Skinny	[15]
Uncut	8/10[16]

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Preoccupations received favorable reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 21 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".^[6] Writing for Pitchfork, Marc Masters stated, "What makes Preoccupations much more than a circular exercise in self-analysis is the vitality of the music. There’s a tense, nervous energy running through all the tracks, which connect to each other like wires that spark electrical currents when they meet".^[12]

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Preoccupations.^[17]

Main personnel

• Matt Flegel – performer, writer
• Mike Wallace – performer, writer
• Scott Munro – performer, writer
• Daniel Christiansen – performer, writer
• Julie Fader – vocals (1, 4)
• Dan Boeckner – vocals (4)
• Jessie Stein – vocals (4), drone (4)
• Graham Walsh – keyboards (7, 9)

Additional personnel

• Graham Walsh – production, mixing, recording
• Matt Flegel – production
• Scott Munro – production, recording
• Paul Gold – mastering
• Pat Flegel – artwork
• Marc Rimmer – design