• Record Label: N/A
  • Release Date: Apr 6, 2018
Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Apr 9, 2018
    90
    The album feels open-hearted and mischievous, a combination that is disarming upon the first listen and nourishing upon subsequent plays.
  2. Apr 5, 2018
    90
    And this one, too, is as sardonic and soulful, as hilariously outraged and superbly tuneful as any rock-pop record you’ll hear in 2018.
  3. Q Magazine
    Mar 29, 2018
    80
    Gut-wrenching, heart-rendering and brilliant. [May 2018, p.114]
  4. Mojo
    Mar 29, 2018
    80
    Amid all the bleakness and despair, Goulden emerges as a true shining light. [May 2018, p.92]
  5. Uncut
    Mar 29, 2018
    70
    Not a while world away from the primitive throb of his Stiff pomp. [May 2018, p.37]
  6. May 15, 2018
    60
    Eric’s new album Construction Time & Demolition is all the title implies, an erratic set of songs that’s decidedly left of center but boasting the ebullience and energy that’s so critical to his motif.
  7. Mar 29, 2018
    60
    There’s a nervous energy throughout, as if his whole wide world might collapse at any second. Yet, at the heart of the sonic mayhem is his ever-dependable literacy, a knack for a tidy little phrase that rings with truth above the fuzz and feedback of his guitar.

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