Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 14
  2. Negative: 0 out of 14
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  1. Sep 20, 2017
    80
    Haiku From Zero is another strong effort by a band that continue to celebrate the power of dance music, but as closer "Tied to the Weather" demonstrates, they aren't opposed to feeling the comedown effects, either.
  2. 70
    It’s pretty and smooth; the shimmers and reverb of their earlier records have been compressed into a concentrated essence of what made them great in the first place.
  3. Sep 20, 2017
    70
    Pervasive throughout is the sense that yearning for the unobtainable is its own reward, and the band successfully imbues Haiku from Zero with the notion that both pleasure and pain remind us that we’re alive.
  4. Sep 20, 2017
    70
    Haiku from Zero may be Cut Copy's most Cut Copy album yet, full of hooky songs and breathlessly danceable songs. The only thing it is missing is inspiration or invention, which also means it is their least successful record yet as well.
  5. Sep 29, 2017
    66
    The record’s energy is impressive; the craft, even more so. What it doesn’t have, though, is any sense of vision, nothing of that dangerous excess or discovery that the best Cut Copy provides in spades. Instead, Haiku From Zero ends up being a bunch of great songs and little else.
  6. Sep 20, 2017
    63
    When Cut Copy take a step back from the small details, forget about their perfect record collections for a few minutes and actually expose themselves as human beings, they hit on a sound that really rings true.
User Score
6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 15
  2. Negative: 2 out of 15
  1. Apr 10, 2019
    10
    Beautiful album which gets better with every listen... Still can't get enough of it even after nearly 2 years...
  2. Sep 24, 2017
    10
    Another awesome Cut Copy album. If you're a fan, this will do for you the same that Free Your Mind and Zonoscope did. If anything I felt likeAnother awesome Cut Copy album. If you're a fan, this will do for you the same that Free Your Mind and Zonoscope did. If anything I felt like FYM dragged on a little towards the end, and this is more succinct. Black Rainbows is catchy af, Counting Down is probably my favorite, but the last half of the album still holds up and Tied to the Weather is a memorable closer. Already up there with my favorite Cut Copy albums, I give this a 10 to balance out tepid critic reviews. Full Review »