• Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: May 27, 2016
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Jun 1, 2016
    80
    The title track, Show Me, Drive The Night and Face 2 Face are ostensibly about a failing romantic relationship but crafted to read as if the daggers are also aimed inward, which adds an interesting duality to the album's titular theme.
  2. May 27, 2016
    80
    With this album, Kristin Kontrol makes claim to the top tier, and if she continues to make records this powerfully good, she may find herself alone at the top before too long.
  3. May 27, 2016
    80
    Whether she'll ever return to Dum Dum Girls remains to be seen, but as Kristin Kontrol, she's offering an exciting artistic refresh that Dum Dum fans should get on board with.
  4. May 31, 2016
    75
    The clear ambition of X-Communicate is to leave Welchez’s old persona behind and emerge, fresh and new, as something completely different, and by and large, that objective is achieved.
  5. Jun 8, 2016
    70
    A collection of pulsing synths, bouncing beats and empowering vocals, X-Communicate may have seen Kristin Kontrol strip away her former image, but it’s left the singer’s sonic presence stronger than ever.
  6. May 26, 2016
    70
    Whether religious or not, Welchez inputs creativity to a pop record that might have been burdened by lyrical simplicity.
  7. May 26, 2016
    67
    While it may not be her strongest album, it’s an interesting new direction.

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