User ratings in Music are temporarily disabled. More info
Kathryn Calder Image
Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews What's this?

User Score
tbd

No user score yet- Be the first to review!

  • Summary: The third full-length solo release for the New Pornographers singer/keyboardist was co-produced by Colin Stewart.
Buy Now
Buy on
  • Record Label: File Under: Music
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
  • More Details and Credits »

Top Track

Song in CM
The beauty of my better half I see it clearly looking back You could never be mine No you'll never be mine, love We fight the fights that leave us... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Apr 13, 2015
    80
    A kaleidoscope of wonder, moments tucked inside other moments like Russian nesting dolls.
  2. Apr 14, 2015
    80
    The real nuances come out when this music is heard closely on headphones, but even when they blare out of speakers, there is something alluring to grab the ear and pull you in.
  3. Apr 27, 2015
    80
    Her own albums--this is the third and most transparent--reveal grander structures and a singular perspective, as she sings with tuneful equanimity about deep, unresolved, enigmatic struggles.
  4. Apr 13, 2015
    70
    The album is a bit too pretty and polished for its own good, with the kind of approach that fades into the background at times, but there's no arguing the quality and thoughtfulness that Calder put into this work, and if you like the notion of indie pop as ambient music, then this may be just the album you've been looking for.
  5. Apr 16, 2015
    68
    In Calder's songs solace proves elusive and fleeting, but when she finds it, it's always during moments of calm.
  6. Apr 13, 2015
    67
    While Kathryn Calder certainly deserves credit for its open mind and surrealism, sometimes the bigger topics get lost in the smallness of the songs.
  7. Apr 13, 2015
    60
    Fun, easy listen? Not so much. But Calder's vocals are too cheerfully bright and the sounds too pleasant for things ever to become a downer.

See all 8 Critic Reviews