Life
by Dan Friel
User Score
5.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 3 out of 9
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  1. Detective
    Oct 20, 2015
    9
    Noise pop at it's finest. No cheesy choruses or hooks, it's fanciful and unleashed electronic music spiraling into unfettered spikes of volume and loops. A smashing follow-up to 2013's Total Folklore.
  2. BrushedRed
    Oct 16, 2015
    1
    The musical equivalent to being run over by a plow... while a 5 year old runs wild with one of those old kids' v-tech laptops from the late 90s. I was curious to check this out as I somewhat liked Total Folklore, but this is not even similar. It's very noisy. Noise Rock and Shoegaze are more of my scene and even though I'm not a huge dance music fanatic, I enjoy just about all of it. IThe musical equivalent to being run over by a plow... while a 5 year old runs wild with one of those old kids' v-tech laptops from the late 90s. I was curious to check this out as I somewhat liked Total Folklore, but this is not even similar. It's very noisy. Noise Rock and Shoegaze are more of my scene and even though I'm not a huge dance music fanatic, I enjoy just about all of it. I also appreciate a lot of experimental electronic/IDM like Aphex Twin.. But this.. THIS?! I can't say it's not experimental, but there is no rhythm; there is no complexity. It's just a mishmash of horrible, headache inducing, sounds. Spare yourself. I don't know where these glowing reviews are coming from… Expand
  3. michaeln
    Oct 22, 2015
    10
    I'm not the biggest noise rock/pop fan. I mostly listen to classical music after growing tired of rock music. But I'm really glad I tried this album out. I like the melodies.

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Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Drowned In Sound
    Dec 2, 2015
    80
    On Life, Friel doesn’t venture too far from his own post, but does prove himself yet again as more than a mere dial-twiddler, a virtual dungeon master that plots campaigns with sound instead of words.
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  2. The 405
    Oct 26, 2015
    80
    Life isn't exactly a concept album about becoming a parent, but it's clear just how much the experience has changed Friel, as it captures all of the excitement of first time discoveries and all of the possibilities that lie ahead, which in turn makes the music feel like his most innovative and playful yet.
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  3. Pitchfork
    Oct 21, 2015
    78
    Give Life some time and you might find it infecting your synapses, too.
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