User ratings in Music are temporarily disabled. More info
Veronica Falls Image
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews What's this?

User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

  • Summary: Produced by Guy Fixsen and Ash Workman, the Scottish pop band releases its debut full-length album.
Buy Now
Buy on
  • Record Label: Slumberland
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Pop, Noise Pop
  • More Details and Credits »

Top Track

The Fountain
Oooh Ooh Ooh Oooh Ooh Ooh Oooh Oh Oooh (Ooh Oh Oh Oooh Ooh)On a distant hillside I watched our love die (Ooh Oh Oh Oooh Ooh) I lost my baby to the... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 19
  2. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Oct 13, 2011
    90
    For an album with no discernible weak links--we'll deduct a mark simply because half these songs were previously available--the final quarter is where Veronica Falls finds itself elevated alongside 2011's best.
  2. Jan 24, 2012
    80
    There's a potent energy to the music.
  3. Sep 27, 2011
    79
    The songs are mostly good enough to sustain interest through multiple listens.
  4. Sep 22, 2011
    70
    While this sense of restraint feels deliberate, it does raise hopes that the band will fully go off the deep end the next time around. Nevertheless, Veronica Falls is an overall engaging album of contrasts.
  5. 70
    The boy-girl harmonies on this album at least suggest the possibility of outside points of view, but really, Ms. Clifford's tension is everything.
  6. Nov 2, 2011
    60
    Veronica Falls are enjoyable to listen to, but they don't seem to offer more than that fleeting smile.
  7. Mojo
    Jan 19, 2012
    40
    An explicitly shambling and weedy breed of music rendered with slavish precision, even muscularity... Decent tunes. [Dec 2011, p.100]

See all 19 Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of
  2. Mixed: 0 out of
  3. Negative: 0 out of

Related Articles

  1. September's Best New Music

    September's Best New Music Image
    Published: September 30, 2011
    We reveal the best-reviewed albums from the past month, a list that includes debuts from Wild Flag and Das Racist as well as another in a long line of great LPs by Mastodon and Wilco. Plus, listen to tracks from each album.