Crosswords [EP]
by Panda Bear
  • Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Aug 21, 2015
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Under The Radar
    Aug 24, 2015
    80
    Of the other four previously unreleased tracks, "No Mans Land" utilizes the classic Panda Bear tropes of expertly weaving weird and wonderful, dense and disorientating aural oddness with more accessible vocal prettiness.
  2. Consequence
    Aug 24, 2015
    75
    He explores the mundanities of the real world in his angelic voice, giving them a startling beauty and pouring them out in little spiked Dixie cups.
  3. Pitchfork
    Sep 4, 2015
    71
    The five songs on the Crosswords EP sound like tracks that come easily to him, songs he knows how to make without stretching himself.
  5. AllMusic
    Nov 16, 2015
    70
    Crosswords is essentially outtakes from PBVSGR (with one cut left over from Tomboy), and while it's clearly more of the same, it's an enjoyable, compact dose of chilled, effervescent electro-psych-pop, and it functions as a handy reminder of how far Lennox has come as a songwriter.
  6. Pretty Much Amazing
    Aug 24, 2015
    67
    Crosswords, as a collection of loose leaves, doesn't have the weight of Grim Reaper but that also means it doesn't have the pressure. Crosswords is something you can just consume without trying to wring every inch of intent out of it.
  7. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Aug 28, 2015
    60
    The Crosswords-“Preakness” is a monster itself compared to the gentle rise and fall of the track’s 2011 studio appearance on the cross-promotional Keep cassette.... The rest of the EP, though, like most of Panda’s recent output, just washes over me lukewarm.
  8. Spin
    Aug 24, 2015
    60
    Though Crosswords’ lackadaisical pleasantness is by no means offensive, there’s no compelling reason for this EP to exist.

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. LUISBENAVIDES
    Sep 4, 2015
    10
    Great songs, great production...Noah keeps making music for the heart and the brain and thats something that nowadays is really hard to find.Great songs, great production...Noah keeps making music for the heart and the brain and thats something that nowadays is really hard to find. By the time you get to ´cosplay´ ;the final track of the album, you will press play over and over again.… Full Review »
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