Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Though their words suggest such weighty topics, the album remains sonically airy. It might get tense, but it's never dense.
  2. While Joan of Arc’s latest is a relative failure as an album when compared to everything else coming out in indie-rock these days (dropping them under .500 in my book), it is a winning effort, relative to the whole of the Joan of Arc/Tim Kinsella catalog.
  3. Kinsella and his crew finally seem to have found a way of expressing themselves that doesn't feel introverted and exclusive.
  4. Disparate though its individual elements may seem (and they certainly are), the sum of the parts is remarkably cohesive.
User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. DiegoL.
    Jun 21, 2008
    10
    I really like their music.
  2. JohnF.
    Oct 1, 2007
    10
    the most cohesive record by this uncompromising, deep and uncanny band. its strange beauty and musical deepness makes it a winner, an album I the most cohesive record by this uncompromising, deep and uncanny band. its strange beauty and musical deepness makes it a winner, an album I always go back with infinite pleasure! Full Review »
  3. Rayendra
    Oct 13, 2005
    9
    wow... i don't know i must really like their music. The Sound and the feeling when they played the music is so naturally come out.