Tarot Sport - Fuck Buttons
Metascore
84 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 21 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 21
  2. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. For most of the songs amassed here, it still takes around 10 minutes to get the job done--threading those thick synthesizer blasts and all that skittering digital manna through a brick wall of guitar fuzz--but Fuck Buttons succeeds at turning its unpredictable epics into masterpieces of pacing and strange beauty.
  2. Tarot Sport doesn’t pause to bang or whimper. Tarot Sport accelerates.
  3. "Street Horrrsing" was a great record, but Tarot Sport is a cut above. Perhaps surprisingly, it's also a welcoming album--and one of the best of this already fruitful year.
  4. 90
    Tarot Sport goes far beyond it's sonically daunting reaches and succeeds at being a deeply emotional experience.
  5. And such are the music's joyous highs, subtle thrills and rich and deep layers, they can undoubtedly be judged one of the most worthwhile and special bands currently at large.
  6. While the celestial exploration is briefly juxtaposed with sci-fi experimentation on the Autechre-like 'Rough Steez' and 'Phantom Limb,' those detours only here to provide respite from and not actually disrupt an ultimately delightful, delirious headtrip designed to push your fuckest of buttons.
  7. The album as a whole, though uneasy listening, is big, powerful, and often overwhelming.
User Score

Generally favorable reviews- based on 49 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 22
  3. Negative: 3 out of 22
  1. PeteJ
    9
    This is a stunning album, a very addictive fresh sound. I thought it might not have much substance or longevity but I was wrong, I can`t get bored of this beautiful tribal psychedelic noise classic. Full Review »
  2. CH
    10
    Just amazing stuff...really bringing drone back into the discussion when it comes to electronica genres. Great.
  3. CurtisB
    9
    Excellently recorded. Carefully crafted. Beautiful symphonies of noise.