Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Ultimately, Future Women's fractured personality gives the album drama.
  2. Definitely the sound of a band indie lovers need to check out immediately.
  3. Alternative Press
    80
    The M's understand the value of a smartly delayed compositional payoff. [Mar 2006, p.124]
  4. Mojo
    80
    All this ambitioin coagulates into an irresistible, tumbling, tune-filled whole. [Dec 2006, p.118]
  5. It's a dense, ambitious record that finally has the confidence needed to pull of the swagger they've been approximating.
  6. One hell of a catchy album that gets better and better with each successive listening.
  7. These four Kinks followers have incorporated all manner of brass and strings into turn of the millennium Top 40 rock sensibilities, with shades of early Flaming Lips indie psychedelia and classic rock songwriting.
  8. Paste Magazine
    70
    As sophisticated as these songs are, it's The M's' offhanded performance that really sells them, giving Future Women the feel of a particularly solid live show. [Apr/May 2006, p.111]
  9. The M's and their "Future Women" not only jog the memories of rock past, but are memorable in their own right.
  10. Uncut
    70
    At their best when strings and horns--even a sousaphone--let some air flood through a dense mix, they could even be an American Supergrass in waiting. [Sep 2006, p.89]
  11. Compared to their eponymous EP-compilation debut, Future Women demonstrates more judicious restraint, maturity even.
  12. They make a better Shins than a Stooges. For anyone looking for a relative of the former with an interestingly rough sound and loads of potential, the M's are good to go right now; but the rest of us are stuck mining gems from amidst muck, like normal.
  13. Under The Radar
    50
    Uninspired and monotonous. [#13, p.93]
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10
  1. robw
    May 18, 2006
    10
    this is the band i wish i was in. i love the harmonies and the songs. seems effortless but well put together at the same time.
  2. Jordan
    Apr 30, 2006
    10
    Great band! This album caught me completely by surprise. They have a hint of The Kinks, The Beatles, and they have such a great sound that is Great band! This album caught me completely by surprise. They have a hint of The Kinks, The Beatles, and they have such a great sound that is both tight as a band, and loose with their influences and overall style. Really excellent live show (saw them in Seattle), and their album really is quite well put together. I'm eagerly awaiting where they go from here! Full Review »
  3. JimmyJ
    Apr 7, 2006
    9
    Spectaular stuff. Ther self-titled debut is even better. God love music critics (Stylus review). I wonder if any of them just sit back and Spectaular stuff. Ther self-titled debut is even better. God love music critics (Stylus review). I wonder if any of them just sit back and lsten to an album without trying to figure out who the band sonds like. Let me tell you, The M's are pure ear-candy. Full Review »