Euphoric Recall
by Braids
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. musicOMH.com
    May 11, 2023
    90
    Complex yet accessible, and best experienced when fully immersed in it. It’s possibly Braids’ best record since their debut Native Speaker – a record that reveals more delights the more times you listen to it.
  2. AllMusic
    May 11, 2023
    80
    Though the down-to-earth crispness of Shadow Offering is sometimes missed, there's a lot of beauty here.
  3. Uncut
    May 11, 2023
    70
    Though these tracks are fluid and often meandering, they never lose their immersive, pulse-like groove. [Jul 2023, p.24]
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  5. Pitchfork
    May 11, 2023
    65
    Euphoric Recall falters when the band forgets that her voice is the main event. ... Braids may still be searching for a distinct identity. But what Euphoric Recall makes clear is that Standell-Preston knows her voice better than ever before.

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  1. Lajaleaa
    May 28, 2023
    7
    My excitement with Brides comes from the intriguing surprises I found in "Shadow Offering" (2020), but this is being replaced by a sereneMy excitement with Brides comes from the intriguing surprises I found in "Shadow Offering" (2020), but this is being replaced by a serene sense of confusion. I'm not mad or sad that this album is empty of those previous surprises, because this feels like getting to know a lot better the wider conception that the band has or is itself. They know how to expand these conceptions with their instrumentalization (which hold itself afloat), and their experimentation and ambientalization is very much aware of itself (which makes this a very conscious art), yet I might've preferred to feel like I have a solid ground in this journey, instead of a floating abstraction of something that ends up feeling more and more bast and ungrabbable.… Full Review »