Original Colors
by High Places
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Consequence
    Oct 10, 2011
    60
    It's something bigger, wilder, and less pop structured.
  2. musicOMH.com
    Nov 2, 2011
    60
    There is also a notably darker, murkier imperative at the heart of Original Colours and the results are sometimes a little introverted.
  3. No Ripcord
    Oct 18, 2011
    50
    Original Colors isn't extraordinary music.
  5. Pitchfork
    Oct 13, 2011
    59
    For a group who traded so well in whimsy, who got off to such a kaleidoscopic start, Original Colors can feel unusually drab.
  6. PopMatters
    Oct 10, 2011
    60
    Their approach is too fragile. Even as High Places grow up, seeing darker realms, leaving behind youthful nostalgia, they are not yet able to reach the top.
  7. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Oct 13, 2011
    40
    Ultimately, High Places have succeeded in doing something that, on paper, seems an impossibility: they've managed to make an album that is undeniably focused around rhythms sound like an absolute slog.

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