Disgraceland
by The Orwells
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Jun 3, 2014
Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
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  1. Uncut
    Jun 26, 2014
    60
    The Orwells ape highlights of the last 25 years of indie rock on their second album. [Aug 2014, p.78]
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  2. Q Magazine
    Jun 13, 2014
    60
    It's fun for sure but perhaps not quite the game-changer everyone--or, at least, the band themselves--was hoping for. [Jul 2014, p.112]
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  3. The Guardian
    Jun 2, 2014
    60
    You just want them to cut loose, and they never do.
  5. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Jun 2, 2014
    50
    The Orwells and the very much earnest Disgraceland will be invigorating solace for anyone who gets a kick out of deadbeat rock musicians and the illusions they provide of refuge and reprieve.

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User Score
6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 2 out of 15
  1. Neldeezy
    Feb 14, 2018
    10
    This album is absolutely great.

    You can hear the inspirations flowing through your speakers. The Orwells are a bunch of 19 and 20 year    This album is absolutely great.

    You can hear the inspirations flowing through your speakers.
    The Orwells are a bunch of 19 and 20 year olds who understand what a 19 and 20 year old is supposed to sound like.

    They're perfectly summarizing the spirit of the generation born in the mid 1990s.
    They're mad, they're sarcastic, but they absolutely know how good they are.

    Critics mistake their careless attitude with arrogance, but this is rock, they're not out there writing young adult fiction novels.    … Full Review »
  2. TOOLSHED
    Jul 2, 2014
    8
    This is a fun album! I immediately thought of the Black Lips when I first heard it, for some reason. I'd guess a Black Lips meets ModestThis is a fun album! I immediately thought of the Black Lips when I first heard it, for some reason. I'd guess a Black Lips meets Modest Mouse is an appropriate comparison at times ... but at others, more like the Hives meet Iggy Pop. Intriguing combos, right? Maybe even Stroke-ish at times. ... whatevs - if you like carefree rock, give it a go.… Full Review »
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