Bright Green Field
by Squid
  • Record Label: Warp
  • Release Date: May 7, 2021
User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 65 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 60 out of 65
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 65
  3. Negative: 1 out of 65
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  1. MusicGuyMack
    May 12, 2021
    6
    Individual listeners' mileage may vary due to the record's willful strangeness lyrically and musically, but fans of Modest Mouse-style off-key shouted vocals and discordant guitar lines and horn accompaniments as well as anyone looking for a listening experience unlike any other they'll likely hear this year will find plenty to enjoy and/or ponder.

Awards & Rankings

13
#13 Best Album of 2021
86
#86 Most Discussed Album of 2021

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Metascore
89

Universal acclaim - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Slant Magazine
    Jun 24, 2021
    80
    Squid’s transformation into post-punk disruptors is indicative of a band that relentlessly bucks against their limits. To hear them ply their craft on Bright Green Field, the album represents a crystallization of that impulse.
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  2. Dusted Magazine
    May 14, 2021
    80
    The band is very good, good enough to pull off this edge-of-your-seat flirtation with breakdown.
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  3. Pitchfork
    May 11, 2021
    80
    Even amid all these choices, Squid’s spinouts are orchestrated stunts, never heady jam-band accidents. More than a canonized style, it’s their level of control that sets them apart.
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