Marble Skies
by Django Django
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
Buy Now
Buy on
  1. Clash Music
    Feb 26, 2018
    60
    In its entirety Marble Skies is a mixed bag that showcases the multitude of genres Django Django can draw upon, but it lacks cohesion.
  2. No Ripcord
    Feb 14, 2018
    60
    Ultimately, Marble Skies is a hopscotch of metamorphosizing sounds that can be rewarding for the most part, but only if you can muster the energy to make it so.
  3. Drowned In Sound
    Jan 24, 2018
    60
    The blokes have always goofed too much to fluke sensuality, but there’s some spark of intimacy, which ties off Marble Skies with an unexpected bow.
  5. Mojo
    Jan 22, 2018
    60
    An enjoyable if just occasionally patchy miscellany. [Feb 2018, p.90]
    All this publication's reviews
  6. Q Magazine
    Jan 22, 2018
    60
    Django Django have proved they can blur the boundaries: now they need definition. [Feb 2018, p.114]
    All this publication's reviews
  7. Uncut
    Jan 22, 2018
    60
    For much of the record the Djangos are the same sweet-toothed bunch. [Feb 2018, p.24]
    All this publication's reviews
  8. The Skinny
    Jan 22, 2018
    60
    Marble Skies finds difficulty in consolidating each defining element into a smooth blend, leading to a record that’s bookended by heart-stopping tracks with a frustratingly stodgy middle passage.

User Reviews

All reviews »
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. christodoulakis
    Feb 1, 2018
    9
    Marble Skies is an album full of positive energy, enthusiasm and creativity!
    Django Django are not afraid of experimenting with various    Marble Skies is an album full of positive energy, enthusiasm and creativity!
    Django Django are not afraid of experimenting with various styles, music types and influences.
    The most interesting thing about the outcome of this initiative is the fun, which is basic element is Pop Music!    … Full Review »
  2. spleenblatt
    Jan 30, 2018
    8
    Much like their previous album, there are about four very good songs, a couple of almost got it, and the remainder so much auralMuch like their previous album, there are about four very good songs, a couple of almost got it, and the remainder so much aural self-indulgence that seems to be this band's trademark. But that can be forgiven, because the brilliant songs on this album (for mine - Marble Skies, Champagne, Tic-Tac-Toe, Sundials) more than compensate for the stuff that doesn't work. Sundials is the kind of song you wish Brian Wilson had recovered sufficiently to write post his multi-decade cocaine melt-down, and there are tinges of Wilson throughout the melodic structure and harmonies on a few songs. To my ears, this band at its best is a perfect synthesis of the Beach Boys, Devo, Beck, and 90s Manchester trip-pop, a very good thing indeed.… Full Review »
  3. fonzea
    Dec 3, 2019
    10
    The album really worked for me. Aside from Surface to Air, the overall album is solid and well worth a listening to in it's entirety.
See all user reviews »