• Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Feb 16, 2024
Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Feb 16, 2024
    90
    We find Omni changing the formula only slightly and having incredible success with it. Highly recommended. Underrate them at your peril.
  2. Feb 16, 2024
    90
    The result is indie rock, and Omni, at their 100% best and most exhilarating.
  3. Mojo
    Feb 13, 2024
    80
    It's over in a flash, an exhilarating fairground ride you won't want to disembark. [Mar 2024, p.88]
  4. Feb 13, 2024
    80
    With the subdued evolution on their new record and a treasured female feature, Omni continue to carve out a distinct identity (with an exacto knife) and shine among the glut of post-punk revivalist bands. That’s a Souvenir worth savoring, for sure.
  5. Uncut
    Feb 13, 2024
    80
    An instantly engaging, 11-track set with zip, heart, sly humour and real staying power, which shucks off the often dry terseness of the genre without trashing its template. [Feb 2024, p.34]
  6. Feb 27, 2024
    75
    The band’s deepest, and strongest, album to-date.
  7. Feb 16, 2024
    75
    Souvenir never feels nostalgic. It’s too fast-paced, with only one song extending past three-and-a-half seconds. It’s too brisk, mechanical and brittle to deal in memories. The album shines when it delivers those high-octane moments of rock. These are no souvenirs; they’re gifts for the present.
  8. Feb 13, 2024
    70
    Listening to Souvenir, I can’t help but think of Stuck, the Chicago post-punk-into-no-wave outfits that sometimes refers to itself as “evil Omni.” .... Comparing the two, you might begin to wonder if there’s anything solid behind Omni’s detached cleverness, it’s super clean, super manicured attack. Maybe regular Omni could benefit from a touch of evil.

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