User ratings in Music are temporarily disabled. More info

Foil Deer
by
Foil Deer Image
Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 24 Critic Reviews What's this?

User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 22 Ratings

  • Summary: The second full-length major studio release for the Massachusetts indie rock band led by Sadie Dupuis was produced with Nicolas Vernhes.
Buy Now
Buy on

Top Track

Raising the Skate
Heaven, have mercy on the hypnic jerk You blamed for your speech Walk around the block again Wait 'til I feel cool and straight With the diaristic... See the rest of the song lyrics
See Full Track List »
Powered by

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. DIY Magazine
    Apr 20, 2015
    100
    over again. A snarling, twisted, mischievous creation, Foil Deer is a leaping, high-spirited joy of a record.
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    Apr 22, 2015
    90
    It’s lyrically dark and has the musical aggression to back it up.
  3. Pretty Much Amazing
    Apr 21, 2015
    83
    The band’s strengths are all the same, but they’ve been developed, and their focus seems to have stabilized and sharpened.
  4. PopMatters
    Apr 20, 2015
    80
    Foil Deer doesn’t quite sustain that edginess all the way through, like when the meandering guitars and wandering wordplay fade on the slower moments of “Zig” and the out-of-steam closer “Dvrk Wvrld”. But there’s enough on Foil Deer to show that Sadie Dupuis and Speedy Ortiz can be the captain and the boss of this generation of indies.
  5. Pitchfork
    Apr 20, 2015
    79
    As the band continues to evolve around and with her, Speedy Ortiz’s music finally sounds as complex as its leader dares to be.
  6. Boston Globe
    Apr 21, 2015
    70
    The echoes among unhinged riffs on “Good Neck,” “Raising the Skate” and “My Dead Girl” speak to the unity of Speedy Ortiz’s vision, as well as its limitations; the spikiness that gives the music its appeal also turns it abrasive over the long haul.
  7. Under The Radar
    Apr 16, 2015
    60
    While it's fun to see such a promising band trying to make big leaps, Foil Deer only succeeds when Sadie Dupuis and company stick to their roots. [Apr - May 2015, p.86]

See all 24 Critic Reviews

User Reviews

Write a Review
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. rachel5453
    Aug 14, 2015
    9
    fantastic follow up to their first album. energetic and great on multiple listens. the "foil deer" track is the winner of the album, handsfantastic follow up to their first album. energetic and great on multiple listens. the "foil deer" track is the winner of the album, hands down. tracks play wonderfully live.… Expand
  2. Custom_Concerns
    May 7, 2015
    6
    Nothing on this record is amazing, but nothing is totally undesirable either. An enjoyable, though admittedly mild, release from Speedy Ortiz.Nothing on this record is amazing, but nothing is totally undesirable either. An enjoyable, though admittedly mild, release from Speedy Ortiz. I would recommend it, but will not personally be returning to it often.… Expand

Awards & Rankings

64
#64 Best Album of 2015

Current Music Releases

Full List »
99 Band on the Run [50th Anniversary Edition] - Paul McCartney & Wings
95 If I don't make it, I love u - Still House Plants
95 The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow - Charles Lloyd
91 COWBOY CARTER - Beyoncé
91 The Carnegie Hall Concert - Alice Coltrane
91 Funeral for Justice - Mdou Moctar
91 Here in the Pitch - Jessica Pratt
90 Iechyd Da - Bill Ryder-Jones
90 This Could Be Texas - English Teacher
89 I Got Heaven - Mannequin Pussy
89 Tigers Blood - Waxahatchee
89 All Born Screaming - St. Vincent
88 What Now - Brittany Howard
88 Only God Was Above Us - Vampire Weekend
88 Hey Panda - The High Llamas
88 Orquídeas - Kali Uchis
88 The Past Is Still Alive - Hurray for the Riff Raff
87 Filthy Underneath - Nadine Shah
87 i/o - Peter Gabriel
87 Blue Lips - ScHoolboy Q
All Current Music »