Bon Voyage
by Melody's Echo Chamber
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
Buy Now
Buy on
  1. New Musical Express (NME)
    Jun 20, 2018
    60
    Yes, there’s joy to be found in hearing a musician so unshackled from expectation and finding catharsis in the experience. But Boy Voyage lacks a running thread, centrepiece or concept to build itself around. It’s a wild, space-age trip that could do with a return ticket back to Earth.
  2. The Guardian
    Jun 15, 2018
    60
    There are recurring themes--Prochet’s sweet, breathy voice, extended psychedelic wigouts, Middle Eastern instrumentation--but no trope as pervasive as the record’s proclivity for impromptu left turns. On the one hand, this means dull moments are few and far between. Yet an album that flits wantonly back and forth between languages and decades needs a strong personality to anchor it--and that’s one thing Bon Voyage’s restless experimentalism never quite gets round to establishing.
  3. The Independent (UK)
    Jun 13, 2018
    60
    With Bon Voyage, it genuinely feels as if Prochet got lost in her sounds and let it lead her. In her own musical liberation, Prochet makes something bizarre and stunning.
  5. Q Magazine
    Jun 11, 2018
    60
    It's hard to keep up, but it's an enjoyably bonkers journey. [Summer 2018, p.113]
    All this publication's reviews
  6. The Skinny
    Jun 11, 2018
    40
    Wildly inconsistent album.

User Reviews

All reviews »
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 23
  3. Negative: 3 out of 23
  1. Doof
    Jul 12, 2018
    8
    What at first may come across as off-puttingly zany eventually wins you over as you start to relax into the album's peculiar laws and logics.What at first may come across as off-puttingly zany eventually wins you over as you start to relax into the album's peculiar laws and logics. The other thing that helps is the most grabby and conventionally catchy songs are backloaded, so just as you might be starting to tire the welcome home straight arrives to rescue you in the nick of time.… Full Review »
  2. Jacobnorman
    Jun 21, 2018
    10
    I tend to only rate art that I love! I give this album a 10 for what it does for pushing the genre forward. Dreampop has been stuck in theI tend to only rate art that I love! I give this album a 10 for what it does for pushing the genre forward. Dreampop has been stuck in the same soft synth ambient sound for too long and Melody is really setting a new stage with this album. It is short and sweet and covers almost every emotion imaginable.… Full Review »
  3. Theycallmejhonn
    Jun 19, 2018
    10
    I love this album from beginning to end. You can hear all the production detail, the amount of attention to every second, Melody has done aI love this album from beginning to end. You can hear all the production detail, the amount of attention to every second, Melody has done a great job with her sophomore.… Full Review »
See all user reviews »