The Deserters
by Rachel Zeffira
Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
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  1. PopMatters
    Jul 29, 2013
    50
    Unfortunately, the “To Here Knows When” cover is one of only three peaks in an otherwise unremarkable selection of songs.
  2. NOW Magazine
    Mar 14, 2013
    60
    The album is laden with a nostalgic longing that’s never as compelling as the cinematic leanings.
  3. Q Magazine
    Mar 6, 2013
    60
    The Deserters produces a gently psychedelic kind of romantic chamber-pop. [Jan 2013, p.113]
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  5. Uncut
    Mar 6, 2013
    50
    Guests Toy do their best to push things forward, but their propulsive ways merely emphasise Zeffira's absent voice. [Jan 2013, p.83]
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  6. The Guardian
    Mar 6, 2013
    60
    Now and then she mistakes bland tastefulness for classy restraint; otherwise, subtlety is The Deserters' chief charm.
  7. The Independent (UK)
    Mar 6, 2013
    60
    It's all warmly wrought and pretty, if a trifle insubstantial at times.
  8. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Mar 6, 2013
    60
    It is a lush thing that, were we writing for a certain type of women’s mag, might have us reaching for words such as "candles" and "bubble bath."

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