User ratings in Music are temporarily disabled. More info
Boy in a Well Image
Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 4 Critic Reviews What's this?

User Score
tbd

No user score yet- Be the first to review!

  • Artist(s): Jesse Parmet, Nathaniel Cook, Noah Shomberg
  • Summary: The second full-length release for the Denver trio is a concept album where a French woman hides her illegitimate child down a well in post-World-War-I France was co-produced with Tommy Stinson.
Buy Now
Buy on
  • Record Label: Bloodshot
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Blues-Rock, Punk Blues, Alternative Country-Rock, Roots Rock
  • More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Magnet
    Sep 18, 2017
    90
    They produce an extraordinary palette of tone, color and sound as they range through the worlds of rockabilly, early R&B, blues, folk and punk. [No. 146, p.61]
  2. Sep 18, 2017
    80
    It's anyone's guess what the Yawpers might have in mind for the future, but they sure stepped up their game with their sophomore album, and Boy in a Well is an experiment that absolutely succeeds.
  3. Sep 18, 2017
    71
    More often than not, they make the whole big mess work, even if they can’t make you care whether or not that damn boy even makes it out of the well.
  4. 60
    Boy in a Well remains a missed opportunity for The Yawpers to raise their lyrical game, one that could easily have been rectified with more attention to packaging and explanatory details that are mysteriously and frustratingly MIA.