Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 12
  2. Negative: 3 out of 12
  1. Alternative Press
    80
    If Ian Curtis had stuck around for Zoloft and Hot Hot Heat, Joy Division's Closer might've sounded a lot like this album. [Dec 2004, p.158]
  2. Q Magazine
    70
    Punk funk can be a prickly thing, but they never overdo the art-rocking, always placing the emphasis on melody. [Feb 2005, p.101]
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Negative: 2 out of 12
  1. SeanM
    Oct 16, 2005
    10
    anyone that likes good music, is sure to like this album
  2. johnb
    Aug 21, 2005
    1
    Boring guitar, bad lyrics and singing. The drums and bass are good but repeat continuously and get boring
  3. BrianP
    Jun 26, 2005
    8
    It tends to go up and down with the whole melodic ballads and disco combination (Anyone, Scars, and Turn Away being the ballads, Scars being It tends to go up and down with the whole melodic ballads and disco combination (Anyone, Scars, and Turn Away being the ballads, Scars being the best, Turn Away the worst), a few awkward party songs (Bricks And Motars, KillerLover, Emancipation), but the best are when you can tell their enjoying it. Especially noticable in Birds of Prey, Avalible, Unpersuaded, and Submission. I suggest less sappy songs, less awkward indie-ness, and more of their disco power that they seem to so strongly endorse Full Review »