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Seaside Rock
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

  • Summary: The Swedish trio's fourth album was released as digital- and vinyl-only.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Observer Music Monthly
    80
    Wait till you hear 'Norrlands Riviera', the best thing Belle and Sebastian never did. Blissful.
  2. Uncut
    80
    They've come up with a non-vocal album that surprises and delights. [Nov 2008, p.112]
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  3. Pitchfork
    63
    As beautifully assembled as parts of Seaside Rock are, a couple of genre-specific tracks underscore its stopgap nature.
  4. Q Magazine
    60
    The results are comprehensively bemusing, but Swedish is an exquisitely lulling language to listen to, and so the whole effect is oddly hypnotic. [Nov 2008, p.118]
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  5. musicOMH.com
    60
    This is a collection of instrumentals that, when fully peeled back, reveal beauty within, and are fit to grace many a chill out collection. It's just a shame that they stop frustratingly short of revealing more personality, which vocals would have achieved.
  6. The Boston Phoenix
    50
    Seaside Rock amounts to a log of underhashed production ideas from the test kitchen.
  7. cokemachineglow
    45
    There’s nothing outstandingly terrible about Seaside Rock, but that’s what ultimately makes it kind of boring.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. SilverMan
    Jun 27, 2012
    8
    Quite different from the last album (Writer's Block), Seaside Rock is the band trying to create something more grown-up. That's not whatQuite different from the last album (Writer's Block), Seaside Rock is the band trying to create something more grown-up. That's not what happened, but still they have created wonderful instrumental tracks, each one has its essence. Some of them even remember Durutti Column… Expand
  2. Wienskhund
    Mar 16, 2022
    8
    While this album may not be what you'd expect for PB&J, as it was something I certainly wasn't, it's a really nice album to listen to. I'd sayWhile this album may not be what you'd expect for PB&J, as it was something I certainly wasn't, it's a really nice album to listen to. I'd say that this album is best listened to in more of a relaxed setting, a place where you can enjoy nature, wind down, and take in the music. This album will be strange to some, with it being completely instrumental, but if you're fine with that, you can come to appreciate the tranquillity and beauty this album has to offer.… Expand

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