Nausea
by Craft Spells
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. New Musical Express (NME)
    Aug 4, 2014
    60
    The messy trip-hop of 'If I Could' and screeching synth line of 'First Snow' mean Nausea lacks consistency, but it's a clever and rewarding record.
  2. Pitchfork
    Jun 10, 2014
    58
    While nearly every track on Nausea finds Vallesteros trying to grapple with these issues [feeling displaced and connected at the same time], he rarely wrenches out any insight or personal detail.
  3. Boston Globe
    Jun 10, 2014
    50
    Despite the deluxe treatments, the tracks on Nausea tend to blend into a blur, and their richness sometimes seems at odds with Vallesteros’s maudlin charms. Fans of “Labor” may be left wondering if beige is really a step up from gray.

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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. jjjjbw
    Jun 25, 2014
    4
    One word comes to mind, even after repeated listens: sterile.

    Songwriting? Sterile. Production? Sterile. Arrangements? Sterile.    One word comes to mind, even after repeated listens: sterile.

    Songwriting? Sterile.
    Production? Sterile.
    Arrangements? Sterile.

    Listen to Wild Nothing instead.    … Full Review »
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