• Record Label: Merge
  • Release Date: Jan 29, 2013
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Jan 29, 2013
    80
    The depth of the songs passes by unnoticed for the first several spins, but a world of strange detours and unexpected emotions is right below the surface.
  2. Jan 29, 2013
    60
    So really, it doesn't turn out all that different from the most recent Earlimart, Beachwood Sparks, or Jason Lytle records: perfectly okay, not pushy enough to be even remotely unpleasant, and in a way you're hoping it's better.
  3. Feb 19, 2013
    80
    With the gorgeous, invigorated Eight Radar Brothers have opened up new avenues for the band, especially if they keep this expanded roster, which fleshes out the songs in new and interesting ways.
  4. Uncut
    Jan 29, 2013
    70
    The album seems designed to be experienced immersively in the solitude of a dark room. [Feb 2013, p.78]
  5. Feb 21, 2013
    70
    Eight is another slow burner but the flame is more ostentatious than we’re used to from the L.A. trio.
  6. Feb 7, 2013
    60
    The album’s strongest cuts reveal an undeniable energy and excitement on the behalf of its creators, but those moments are much too sparse to draw in many from outside of Putnam’s cult of true believers.
  7. Jan 29, 2013
    80
    The end result is a very ambitious piece of psychedelia-tinged indie rock that rewards patience with some truly inspired tweaks on the typical slow-jam formula.
  8. Magnet
    Feb 11, 2013
    75
    Eight is the sound of a band in flux, and that churn makes for some of Radar Brothers' most intriguing, compelling work yet. [No. 95, p.57]
  9. Jan 29, 2013
    75
    None of these tracks are clunkers, but none will redefine guitar rock, either.

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