Buy Now
| Buy on |
|
- Critic score
- Publication
- By date
-
Alternative PressSep 3, 2014While their weird is very often wonderful, these 10 tracks are somewhat inconsistent. [Oct 2014, p.98]
-
Sep 3, 2014As a record, Barragan concludes as a frustrating summation of Blonde Redhead’s overwhelming promise and a glaring reminder of the band’s flaws.
-
Sep 2, 2014There’s plenty of occasion for beauty here throughout, but the band seems intent on disrupting the pleasant view.
-
Aug 29, 2014It has some great moments but is probably one to listen to when you want to drift off into a peaceful slumber.
-
Sep 2, 2014Barragán, the follow-up to that 2010 misstep [Penny Sparkle], course-corrects well, incorporating the most interesting elements of that electronic side trek while returning a few steps closer to their strengths.
-
Sep 2, 2014For all its low points, Barragán still floats on the strength of Makino’s alluring voice and the band’s deft ear for lovely atmospherics.
-
Sep 2, 2014Atmospherically, Barragán falls to a part of the spectrum Blonde Redhead have never found themselves on before, but half of the songs here feel like placeholders for ideas that haven’t been fully excavated.
-
MagnetSep 18, 2014At it's best, Barragan sounds like typically inventive musicians sleepily phoning it in. [No. 113, p.54]
-
Sep 3, 2014Four years later, though, all Blonde Redhead has to show for its lengthy studio hiatus is another too-obvious bauble.
-
Sep 2, 2014Barragán is not overtly accessible--it does take a few listens to warm up to it--but it’s so all over the map and light that it just feels like a palate cleansing exercise.
User score distribution:
-
Positive: 9 out of 12
-
Mixed: 1 out of 12
-
Negative: 2 out of 12
-
Oct 28, 2016
-
Jan 28, 2015
-
Dec 11, 2014This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view.