The Age of Anxiety
by Pixx
  • Record Label: 4AD
  • Release Date: Jun 2, 2017
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. The Guardian
    Jun 1, 2017
    100
    By flitting between a low, clear vocal, and something more urgent and old-fashionedly English, which evokes both 1960s pop and Tudor carols, Rodgers manages to dodge straightforward comparisons. It makes for a riveting and refreshing debut, which balances weirdness with sweet and soothing electropop joy.
  2. The Line of Best Fit
    Aug 2, 2017
    85
    Age Of Anxiety sees Hannah Rodgers set a course for her career with a stunningly assured debut brimming with ideas and practically flawless in execution.
  3. AllMusic
    Jun 29, 2017
    80
    Throughout its shifting emotions and sounds, The Age of Anxiety is a consistently thoughtful, playful reflection of hyper-stimulating times.
  5. Mojo
    Jun 27, 2017
    80
    These songs conjure shifting states-of-consciousness. [Aug 2017, p.97]
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  6. Record Collector
    Jun 23, 2017
    80
    Borrowing the album’s title from WH Auden’s 1947 musings on how the modern age fosters alienation and isolation, Rodgers has created a fragmented piece of pure 21st century pop.
  7. DIY Magazine
    Jun 2, 2017
    80
    Pixx has created a debut record that shows her to be a fascinating prospect, and though significant turmoil informed the record, the pay-off is equally as great.
  8. Uncut
    Jun 1, 2017
    80
    It's genuinely smart, intriguingly playful set that both presses all the right Big Pop buttons and sounds decidedly off-centre. [Jul 2017, p.36]
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  9. musicOMH.com
    Jun 7, 2017
    70
    Essentially, there’s enough good stuff here to suggest Pixx--cool, intelligent, subversive--remains a talent worth watching. And you can’t learn that anywhere.
  10. Drowned In Sound
    Jun 1, 2017
    70
    Holding down lyrical matter which often floats in the air are drum machines and timers, and the production of the whole record is incredibly clean. Sometimes a shininess works. At other points I can’t help feeling a little more griminess would be more apt for the subject matter.
  11. Pitchfork
    Jun 12, 2017
    65
    Pixx is at her sharpest when her doubt and discontent are animated by something more acute.
  12. Q Magazine
    Jun 6, 2017
    60
    Sometimes, these stresses and strains seem to swallow her dreamy synth-pop whole, but there's at least a striking EP's worth here. [Aug 2017, p.108]
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  13. The Skinny
    Jun 1, 2017
    60
    With more thematic clarity and less of a throw in everything and the kitchen sink attitude, The Age of Anxiety could have been a phenomenal debut for Pixx. Despite the high quality of many of the tracks, however, there’s just a bit too much going on for it to all make sense.

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User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. ryanora
    Jul 26, 2018
    10
    She show us a vulnerable person, but strong in the same time, a beautiful work
  2. Rosenstiel
    Oct 20, 2017
    10
    Surprisingly powerful vocals fill emptiness, then cut through wall of 80s-leaning sound. Thoughtful and earnest delivery - a 21st Century pop classic.
  3. scepticpurple
    Aug 8, 2017
    9
    The Age of Anxiety bubbles vigorously with potential, joyfully throwing all cliches and expectations straight out of the window and proceedingThe Age of Anxiety bubbles vigorously with potential, joyfully throwing all cliches and expectations straight out of the window and proceeding to burst forth in a refreshing stream of mathematically crafted but expansive electronic pop. A liberating experience in a world dominated by stodgy EDM clones.… Full Review »
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