Veckatimest - Grizzly Bear
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85 out of 100

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8.7 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 163 Ratings

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  • Summary: The third album for the Brooklyn-based indie-rock band.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 36
  3. Negative: 0 out of 36
  1. Delusions of Adequacy
    100
    There’s absolutely nothing wrong with this album and on the contrary, Grizzly Bear has clearly made the year’s best album.
  2. The A.V. Club
    100
    Veckatimest offers more than just an inventive exercise in collage: It’s like hearing the past few centuries of music playing in symphony, which sounds--thrillingly and reassuringly--like the future.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    80
    For those patient enough to wait for this record to relinquish its quiet delights, the treasures waiting to be discovered it are rich indeed.
  4. Mojo
    60
    Awesome in scope and execution, it's an album that's ultimately easier to admire than it is to love. [Jun 2009, p.108]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 55
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 55
  3. Negative: 6 out of 55
  1. MusicIsMyFriend
    10
    It's pulls you in with Two Weeks, and just grows on you from there on in. Grab your headphones and prepare to go on a musical journey for the next 50 minutes, almost every song is a classic and the album flows very well.… Expand
  2. MS
    8
    A good album with some great musicianship. A little too 'polished' in places however.
  3. LetzTalkMoveez
    7
    While experimental and creative, Veckatimest is also quite remarkably catchy, which I feel is something that occasionally really disrupts the flow of the album in its trickiest, most complicated parts, but also helps it to not stay on one level the whole time. I'm not entirely sure how to feel, but it's definitely an album to listen to.… Expand
  4. BugBot
    4
    I agree with Dave T. Intricate arrangements do not a great album make. Plus... they've been done wayyyy better before: -by XTC, who had more than one pulse and tempo to offer. Whether it's The Decemberists or the Fleet Foxes, this sound is pretentious and boring.… Expand

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