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Canopy Glow
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Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

  • Summary: The second album for the Chicago-based band is its first on the Anticon label.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Paste Magazine
    92
    This is a marching band that’s veered way out of formation, and is making utterly original music.
  2. Alternative Press
    90
    Earnest and joyful throughout, they don't make records like this anymore, so be glad Anathallo didn't listen and made one anyway.
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  3. Tiny Mix Tapes
    80
    Canopy Glow sees the band returning to a more straightforward pop format--as straightforward as a band with a penchant for the theatrical may ever get--with successful results.
  4. Drowned In Sound
    70
    this album is never less than interesting. It’s just that with but a touch of discipline, they could create something truly magical.
  5. PopMatters
    60
    True, the band has dialed back this tendency in comparison to Floating World, but the music on their latest still feels like a band struggling to edit themselves. However, there are some genuinely successful moments on Canopy Glow that play to Anathallo’s strengths.
  6. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    Canopy Glow can pass you by on first listen, but persevere and memorable moments do emerge.
  7. musicOMH.com
    50
    There are some amazing moments on this record; it's a crying shame that they're linked with the sound of a band treading water.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
  1. FranciscoO
    Mar 21, 2009
    10
    Fantastic album. A few listens only scratches the surface of the music that Anthallo have created and this might dissuade impatient Fantastic album. A few listens only scratches the surface of the music that Anthallo have created and this might dissuade impatient listeners. However, for those with the time on their hands will find a very deep, touching music created by these amazing musicians. Best album I have heard in a longtime.… Expand
  2. JustinB
    Feb 17, 2009
    10
    Anathallo continued to produce great music with its newest album "Canopy Glow". Songs such as John J. Audobahn and Northern Lights are Anathallo continued to produce great music with its newest album "Canopy Glow". Songs such as John J. Audobahn and Northern Lights are arguably some of the best tracks they have ever written. This album shared my "Album of the Year" honors with Good Old War.… Expand
  4. AniN.
    Dec 13, 2008
    9
    Brilliant ...so varied and yet so cohesive. Heard this album and these guys have me hooked with their brilliant experimental sounds. There is Brilliant ...so varied and yet so cohesive. Heard this album and these guys have me hooked with their brilliant experimental sounds. There is so much beauty in rock and indie stuff - I don't know why the world is running behind hip-hop and rap.… Expand
  5. Zach
    Jan 5, 2009
    9
    Amazing follow up from an amazing band. I don't understand all the comparisons to Sufjan Stevens. I love his music as well but where he Amazing follow up from an amazing band. I don't understand all the comparisons to Sufjan Stevens. I love his music as well but where he is precise and controlled, almost robotic, Anathollo is free and daring.… Collapse
  6. JonathanA.
    Dec 19, 2008
    3
    If Sufjan Stevens ever made a bad album, it'd sound like this.

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