• Record Label: Warp
  • Release Date: Jan 31, 2011
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 14
  2. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. The gears that never quite mesh in this disquieting but hardly apocalyptic industrial ambient may be metal and may be plastic but are probably both.
  2. Feb 15, 2011
    80
    It is, in short, the sound of a group confidently, and unassumingly, re-defining its own universe.
  3. Feb 4, 2011
    80
    It's largely downtempo – live drums and bass provide a roomy, dub-tinged framework for all the emergent noise – but treads a fine line between tension and chaos, right up to the quietly thrilling, systems-failure decay of the album's final moments. A hugely impressive rebirth.
  4. Feb 4, 2011
    80
    Slightly more upfront and extroverted than their early recordings, this album is still instantly recognizable, and fans who go back to their last Warp LP, Succour, might be surprised at how little has changed with Seefeel over 15 years.
  5. Feb 28, 2011
    71
    This is serious sound art, and it evokes a now near-mythical pre-Recession time when experimental artists didn't feel the need to obliquely reference the outside world.
  6. The Wire
    Mar 1, 2011
    70
    There are many beautiful instants here, but their relentless abstraction also harbours a lingering sense of decorative indulgence. [Feb 2011, p.54]
  7. Feb 22, 2011
    70
    Trudging, lurching beats and sullenly deliberate riffs are heaped with distortion and distraction, and every so often Sarah Peacock's voice can be heard with possible explanations for the sonic wreckage.
  8. Feb 8, 2011
    70
    Seefeel is nowhere near the mountainous masterpiece of BoC's best records, but it's pulled off with a respectable professionalism. Richard D James would be proud.
  9. Feb 4, 2011
    70
    Despite this not quite equalling the dizzy heights of their earliest recordings, there's an adventurous slake in its dysfunctional make-up to suggest this won't be the last time we hear from its evasive creators.
  10. Feb 4, 2011
    70
    Lacks the otherworldly impact of their 1990s releases, but well worth listening to.
  11. Under The Radar
    Mar 23, 2011
    60
    Seefeel are definitely onto something new here, and it's worthy of the brand. [Feb. 2011, p. 73]
  12. Q Magazine
    Mar 1, 2011
    60
    Electronic outfit return after a decade and a half. [March 2011, p. 114]
  13. Uncut
    Feb 14, 2011
    60
    The crashing waves of "O-OnOne" immediately align the new-look Seefeel with the aggressive ambiance of Oneohtrix Point Never and Emeralds, while "Airless," Peacock's serene vocals are assailed by coarse filter sweeps and the squeals of busted circuitry. [Mar 2011, p.99]
  14. Feb 10, 2011
    56
    Seefeel is a thorny album, a thicket of crackling guitars and faltering rhythms.

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