User Score
Universal acclaim- based on 216 Ratings
User score distribution:
-
Positive: 199 out of 216
-
Mixed: 5 out of 216
-
Negative: 12 out of 216
Review this album
-
-
Please sign in or create an account before writing a review.
-
-
Submit
-
Check Spelling
- User score
- By date
- Most helpful
-
Nov 30, 2021Ambitious yet restrained, elegant yet exciting, Veckatimest is an endlessly-rewarding album which seems destined to vie with Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion for the title of the year's best.
-
Feb 22, 2021This I hands down one of my favorite albums of all time the songs are so different but so similar at the same time the album meshes perfectly together
-
Jan 23, 2019
-
Oct 21, 2012While 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.
-
Dec 6, 2011
-
Nov 5, 2010It'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.
-
Nov 2, 2010I don't know which album from Grizzly Bear I like the most but this one sure makes it hard for me to decide. It's so different yet so familiar to their sound. I love this album and how every song connects seamlessly. I love their music and can't wait for their next album to come.
-
CurtisBNov 24, 2009Almost flawless.
-
-
patSep 23, 2009A few bright moments, but the music often meanders when it feels like it should be going somewhere. Even after repeated listening I found it a much less rewarding experience than Yellow House.
-
-
guybrushthreepwoodSep 10, 2009This album is such a grower - on the first listen, it is instantly forgettable, asides from the first single Two Weeks perhaps, but after a week or two the subtle hooks become more apparent... then you're hooked.
-
-
GinoMSep 9, 2009On of the greatest albums of the year if not the decade. I love heavy riffs, hard'n'fast tempos, and simplicity, but once in a while it's fantastic to find comfort in such a sublime and carefully crafted album.
-
-
SamTSep 5, 2009I'll admit that it didn't immediately grab me... I had to jump from "Two Weeks" to "While you wait for the others" for the first few plays. However, this is an incredible album that grows on you more and more each time you listen to it. If you've only given it one play through... try it again. The end especially is astoundingly beautiful.
-
-
RooblinKSep 1, 2009A pleasant diversion from the mundane nature of most modern music.
-
-
DavidSAug 29, 2009
-
-
MSAug 13, 2009A good album with some great musicianship. A little too 'polished' in places however.
-
-
garysJul 30, 2009Cool sound. Did not sound good on the first listen but really sticks by the 3rd time around. Cannot turn it off now. Powerful instrumental and harmony mixes in a very unique and original sound These guys have the same potential as the Beatles if the right things fall into place.
-
-
JyotirmayaDJul 27, 2009This is an album that I will go b ack to many times. It has the brilliance and execution which make me swoon. ...The melodies are wonderful as well as the instrumentations.
-
-
P.BJul 10, 2009Better with every listening.
-
-
MattGJul 1, 2009
-
-
LeoWJun 27, 2009Beautiful, astonishing, simplistic, mindblowing,and truly superior to 99% of anything else out there. In comparably unique.
-
-
NickAJun 26, 2009This is a very good album by the Grizzlies.
-
-
MeganMJun 26, 2009Grizzly Bear
-
-
MarkSJun 21, 2009Don
-
-
BobJ.Jun 11, 2009Jim, you're the reason why the user ratings don't work. Giving this album a 0 is a complete joke. What are you trying to prove? Anyway, I think it's great.
-
-
BernardAJun 9, 2009This is not as bad as Jim C thinks it is but it is overrated. Only a few songs like Cheerleader stand out. Yes, its a pleasant listen by no way is it that great as the reviews make it.
-
-
MeowBarkJun 9, 2009
-
-
JorgeBJun 8, 2009The best album this year.
-
-
jabezT.Jun 6, 2009
-
-
StuartCJun 2, 2009The best songs go round and gloriously round in your head for days, but there are too many others that merely *feel* like they go on for days.
-
-
MarkFJun 2, 2009A progression of sorts from 2006's Yellow House. It's livelier but not as consistently good as its predecessor.
-
Awards & Rankings
-
Ambitious yet restrained, elegant yet exciting, Veckatimest is an endlessly-rewarding album which seems destined to vie with Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion for the title of the year's best.
-
The album dips and tips and ultimately soars as a result, Rossen and company having turned near-disaster into sonic triumph.
-
Even as they feature orchestras, women's choirs, and Beach House singer Victoria Legrand on Veckatimest, the album is still an intimate, ascetic affair.