Coming Apart
by Body/Head
  • Record Label: Matador
  • Release Date: Sep 10, 2013
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
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  1. Magnet
    Sep 19, 2013
    90
    Vocally, Gordon is reborn, baptized in fire. [No. 102, p.53]
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  2. The Line of Best Fit
    Sep 13, 2013
    85
    As much as this is a horrific and challenging listen at times, Coming Apart is also an utterly captivating and thrilling record and...whisper it...could end up being the best music she’s ever put her name to.
  3. The Wire
    Dec 10, 2013
    80
    Even though there are no drums, nothing here ever feels aimless. [Sep 2013, p.48]
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  5. DIY Magazine
    Sep 13, 2013
    80
    Love or loathe their destructive attitude towards convention, Coming Apart is an exciting, if extremely strange album.
  6. PopMatters
    Sep 12, 2013
    80
    One could argue that Body/Head aren’t doing anything necessarily new in the realm of noise, but it’s as vital a work in the genre as we’re going to hear this year.
  7. The Quietus
    Sep 11, 2013
    80
    [A] challenging but beautiful album.
  8. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Sep 10, 2013
    80
    For the moment, it’s surely a worthwhile project for players and listeners alike, an album of unusual synergy, exploration, and focus that expands both artists’ repertoires well beyond genre constructions to create something both unique and replayable.
  9. AllMusic
    Sep 9, 2013
    80
    On Coming Apart, she comes into herself.
  10. Spin
    Sep 9, 2013
    80
    The album itself feels improvisational, but not loose; recorded live, it features very few edits or overdubs.
  11. Pitchfork
    Sep 10, 2013
    77
    Count Coming Apart as another fascinating step in that journey, and Body/Head’s musical path as one that she and Nace will hopefully follow for a long time.
  12. New Musical Express (NME)
    Sep 23, 2013
    70
    This return to drone primitivism might seem somewhat regressive for Gordon, as it doesn't represent anything remotely new for her as a musician or for drone music as a whole. But it is done with a pleasing malevolence.
  13. Consequence
    Sep 13, 2013
    70
    At almost 60 years old, Gordon is still pushing the musical envelope, and that in and of itself is something worth celebrating.
  14. Uncut
    Sep 9, 2013
    70
    Her songs don't so much drift as press steadfastly onwards into the unknown--all of them stick in your head despite little trace of a tune. [Oct 2013, p.63]
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  15. Under The Radar
    Sep 9, 2013
    70
    They're more neo-No-wave post=Beats skreecore jam-jazz. [Aug-Sep 2013, p.87]
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