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May 29, 201291After 10 years and seven albums, Heaven finds The Walkmen in a better place.
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Jun 5, 201290There may well be no such thing as a ten out of ten album, a level of perfection and flawlessness that is by all likelihood totally unobtainable; but it's hard to imagine anyone coming closer than these five men from New York.
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Jun 4, 201290There's a depth to these tunes, one that comes not out of fast nights and wrecked relationships but the hindsight and experience of age; it's a well that, thankfully, seems to be getting deeper and deeper.
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Jun 1, 201290Heaven takes another firm and measured stride forward in what is rapidly becoming a celebratory jog towards brilliance: a re-affirmation of what heart, skill, craft and guile can birth given time and experience.
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May 25, 201290This disc proves that their ascension to lofty heights is complete and something heavenly indeed.
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Jun 6, 201285Well-worn, well-defined, Heaven is the work of band with nothing left to prove.
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May 30, 201284Heaven is a testament to The Walkmen's triumph.
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May 29, 201284It's simply one of the best rock records of our so-far shallow year.
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Jun 11, 201283The lovely brooders are at their most joyous and effervescent on their seventh album. [15 Jun 2012, p.82]
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May 25, 201281With Heaven, they've turned out a record that finds a thousand affecting variations on contented hum.
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Oct 12, 201280The Walkmen are inching closer to the mainstream, while remaining utterly distinctive. [Jul 2012, p.112]
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Jun 29, 201280A gentle collection, evocative of a transitional time.
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Jun 19, 201280That this LP is less summit than plateau says more about the level of past work than anything lacking from this one. [No.88 p.61]
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Jun 14, 201280Personal, moving, poetic, humorous, and engaging.
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Jun 7, 201280It's thrilling to feel all the hooks in this thing; one gets to feeling all Hellraisery, exploding with joy everywhichway.
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Jun 6, 201280Heavenly.
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Jun 5, 201280Twelve years after their formation, the East Coast five-piece have created their finest album to date.
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Jun 4, 201280It's good to hear a group continue to challenge themselves without kicking their strengths to the curb.
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Jun 1, 201280The Walkmen are weathering the iPhone age with panache. [Jul 2012, p.85]
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Jun 1, 201280On any other Walkmen album, just the hooky brilliance of the title track could be enough to declare this set a success, but there's never been one quite like this before.
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Jun 1, 201280Thoroughly enjoyable from front to back, Heaven oozes confidence and polish.
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May 29, 201280Heaven comes across as a more or less triumphant culmination of the Walkmen's first decade, and the fact that happiness fits the band better than anyone could have expected is just a welcome bonus.
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May 25, 201280Heaven is a record with the power to grab your heart, like an ex-lover you just can't shake off--no matter how many years you've been without them.
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May 25, 201280A couple of lifeless slower numbers bring the album to a crawl midway through, but they ultimately add balance to all the smart, uptempo rockers.
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Jun 15, 201277Heaven is more like a classic Sunday morning album: a modest, extremely laid back paean to the comforts of domesticity in which every song sounds like it was recorded from a rocking chair.
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Jun 6, 201270Heaven may be one of the Walkmen's more detached efforts thus far. For a band that's been exercising their rollicking sway with a deft ear, it's a shame that there's only space for one real heart tugger, like in No One Ever Sleeps
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May 31, 201270Fleet Foxes producer/engineer/mixer Phil Ek warms up the band's previously chilly sound to yield arguably their best, and certainly most accomplished album yet.
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May 29, 201270[A] sunburst of a record.
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May 29, 201270That palpable sense of urgency on display throughout their catalogue is on display far too little. That said, the album is still a top-notch collection of songs.
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May 29, 201270Their most expansive LP [to date].
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Jun 11, 201260Their most consistent and accomplished album to date.
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Jun 5, 201260Heaven isn't 100% bliss, but the Walkmen have taken themselves and their fans one step closer.
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Jun 25, 201240No One Ever Sleeps, even with harmonies from Robin Pecknold, feels not magical, but hollow and sluggish. At the rockier end, Heartbreaker adds Arcade Fire urgency and may score alt-radio love. The rest, however, is lukewarm. [Jul 2012, p.83]