Sketchy.
by tUnE-yArDs
  • Record Label: 4AD
  • Release Date: Mar 26, 2021
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
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  1. viniciusrss
    Mar 27, 2021
    10
    A caconofia sonora característica de Merrill Garbus atinge novos patamares em Sketch. Guiado por coros, cores e composições delicadas, este é o trabalho mais delicado e acessível do projeto até hoje. Destaque para “hypnotized”, “silence pt. 1” e “hold yourself” (certamente uma das melhores faixas de 2021 e da carreira de Garbus).
  2. nehemias
    Mar 31, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the album is very identical to other albums of its style, nothing out of the ordinary… Expand
  3. AndreXDL23
    Jul 24, 2021
    10
    Amazing as always! I love how Merrill and Nate try something new. Maybe the older fan don't like this new direction, but i think this is the most Tune Yards thing ever!! Don't only the musics are amazing, but the lyrics talk about important matters too, making your think about the world. I'm so addicted of this album, and the music clips are amazing too. Highlights for Be not afraid,Amazing as always! I love how Merrill and Nate try something new. Maybe the older fan don't like this new direction, but i think this is the most Tune Yards thing ever!! Don't only the musics are amazing, but the lyrics talk about important matters too, making your think about the world. I'm so addicted of this album, and the music clips are amazing too. Highlights for Be not afraid, Silence PT1, Nowhere man, Homewrecker, hypnotized and Hold yourself;… Expand
  4. Kebber10
    Apr 5, 2021
    8
    This is looney, I‘m a fan.. the lead singer has a black voice but she‘s white.. and some of their other music is so technical its just looney the tunes the tunes yard smashes you with

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Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. PopMatters
    Apr 16, 2021
    80
    Several songs address contemporary issues concerning race, personal responsibility, and generational guilt in oblique ways that make one think while having a groove on. It is meta-funk without the heavy bass and other genre tropes. The music is more experimental and strange, even while being rhythm-heavy. And the lyrics are avant-garde and innovative.
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  2. Rolling Stone
    Apr 6, 2021
    80
    It's her incisive songwriting that makes her fifth LP a treat. [Apr 2021, p.73]
  3. Beats Per Minute
    Apr 1, 2021
    71
    sketchy. may not be their out-and-out best work, but it’s proof that they still have the guts and the songwriting ability — as well as their ever-present, obvious earnestness and candor — to do what endeared their work to so many in the first place.
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