• Record Label: Merge
  • Release Date: Sep 22, 2017
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Negative: 1 out of 9
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  1. Sep 27, 2017
    10
    A great comeback! They have an hiatus of 7 years and they come back with their caracteristic melodies and songwriting. it's a shame that this group isn't popular in the mainstream, because they deserve a bigger audience. A great pleasure to hear.
  2. Nov 5, 2017
    10
    Easily Album of the Year. Listen to it ASAP. Songwriting, musicianship, production are top notch. For those unfamiliar, check out their whole catalog.
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80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
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  1. Oct 12, 2017
    80
    Throughout, The Clientele’s mellifluous breeziness accommodates fresh sounds without signs of strain.
  2. Sep 28, 2017
    85
    More than ever, the human experience is tangible through their music, and they manage to create those unmaintainable moments of joy that can, in a moment or a movement, dissolve into something else entirely; a memory of something long forgotten, a vision of your inconsequentiality in the world, a realisation that everything is temporary. Fortunately, they are not always downers, moreover it just feels comforting to have those feelings quantified so stirringly through music.
  3. Sep 22, 2017
    80
    This album, more than any punk tune, is the sound of the suburbs; rather than being from the suburbs, it sounds like the suburbs. If you think that’s no recommendation, just hear it. There is beauty here, and sadness, and peril, and deep, deep soul.