Kill the Wolf
by Matt Berry
User Score
8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. kevinarnold
    Aug 24, 2013
    9
    Matt Berry is clearly a legend of comedy, but this album is at once humorously, creatively, and musically wonderful. It feels to me like he is writing an alternate soundtrack to The Wicker Man (the original, not the Nic Cage silliness), in which the villagers are the heroes and you just want to join in the revelry. If you are at all pleasured (I mean that word choice to bother you, beMatt Berry is clearly a legend of comedy, but this album is at once humorously, creatively, and musically wonderful. It feels to me like he is writing an alternate soundtrack to The Wicker Man (the original, not the Nic Cage silliness), in which the villagers are the heroes and you just want to join in the revelry. If you are at all pleasured (I mean that word choice to bother you, be bothered) by a return to the folky freedom of the 1960's, layered into a poetic telling of A Midsummer's Night Dream, mixed with just the slightest tinge of mescaline; this album is for you.… Expand

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Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Jul 23, 2013
    70
    While you may never be able to fully forget that Berry's tongue is in his cheek, the love, attention to detail and panache of Kill The Wolf make it a trip worth taking. [Summer 2013, p.95]
  2. The Quietus
    Jul 11, 2013
    80
    What we have here is prog-folk of the highest order.
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  3. Uncut
    Jul 11, 2013
    70
    Kill The Wolf is another ruralist fantasy furnished with tales of witchcraft and maypoles. [Aug 2013, p.67]
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