- Critic score
- Publication
- By date
-
UncutOct 26, 2012Brothers Jake and Jamin Orrall plough a familiar semi-feral blues-punk furrow for the most part, with varying degrees of success, but are best when they depart from the template. [Dec 2012, p.72]
-
Oct 22, 2012The magnificence of their live show is lost a little on an album that screams 'organised fun' more than 'spontaneous party', but mostly it's giddy garage rock.
-
Oct 4, 2012It's a 90s powerpop album – Weezer without the self-analysis – in all but name. But, like even the best Weezer records, it can get a bit samey as the next bludgeoning riff hoves into view. And like the worst Weezer records, it sounds as if the lyrics were tossed off in five minutes.
-
Sep 10, 2012The production may be a little cleaner, but the same knack for great fuzzed-out ditties is still there... a pretty good album.
-
MagnetAug 23, 2012A super-catchy mix of stadium-rock bombast and punk simplicity. [No.90, p.57]
-
Aug 1, 2012Hypnotic Nights is a raucous, enjoyable fare of summertime fluff.
-
Jul 30, 2012The duo shows maturation musically and lyrically, albeit wildly, proving that they are true, spirited forces to be reckoned with.
-
Jul 18, 2012Hypnotic Nights continues with the Weezer worship introduced on 2011's We Are the Champions, but answers the fuzz-pop frivolity with equal doses of motorik groove and psychedelic drone.
-
Jul 18, 2012What's impressive is even though the duo ventures into new sonic territory, the knack for catchy melodies and heavy riffs remains, making this new direction both true to their roots and indicative of huge maturation.
-
Jul 17, 2012This record is crawling with too many hooks and good-time jams to quibble over guitar tone.
-
Jul 17, 2012The Orralls might have benefited from a little extra direction in the songwriting department.
-
Jul 17, 2012Hypnotic Nights has the feeling of an album created by Venn diagram, with the outer edges of glam, psychedelia, garage rock and hard rock connecting to create "the ultimate rock album…you know, for kids!"
-
Jul 16, 2012It's the simpler stuff that's special.
-
Jul 16, 2012Hypnotic Nights still delivers all of the brilliant power pop worship that we've all come to love from JEFF the Brotherhood, and if the album isn't able to kick off your summer, nothing will.
-
Jul 16, 2012Most of Hypnotic Nights already sounds worn out.
-
Jul 16, 2012Hypnotic Nights is a little more stoner-y than last year's speed-crazed We Are the Champions, and it's got a good-natured sense of slacker irony.
User score distribution:
-
Positive: 2 out of 2
-
Mixed: 0 out of 2
-
Negative: 0 out of 2
-
Oct 14, 2014
-
Jul 23, 2012The first thought that comes to mind when giving JEFF the Brotherhood