Hang
by Foxygen
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 24
  3. Negative: 1 out of 24
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  1. Clash Music
    Jan 23, 2017
    60
    It’s overwhelming in its grandiosity, and though it has its virtues, Foxygen’s latest LP is best enjoyed as a bite-size hors d'oeuvre instead of a main course.
  2. The Guardian
    Jan 5, 2017
    60
    At first the wackiness is too much to digest, a sort of “you don’t have to be mad to review this, but it helps!” Yet against the odds, Hang does reward patience.
  3. Paste Magazine
    Jan 20, 2017
    59
    The band’s latest is a slight improvement, though the self-indulgence and lack of focus are still in evidence.
  5. Pretty Much Amazing
    Jan 25, 2017
    58
    As it stands, Hang isn’t an unpleasant listen, but it’s an oddly frustrating one.
  6. No Ripcord
    Feb 13, 2017
    50
    Hang appears as an album of ambition that outdoes itself so spectacularly that it appears as a jazzed up, Disney-esque caricature of its own end product.
  7. The Independent (UK)
    Jan 18, 2017
    40
    Sometimes, sheer ambition can render music too top-heavy to succeed. Hang, by Los Angeles duo Foxygen, is a case in point.

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 45 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 45
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 45
  3. Negative: 1 out of 45
  1. Jools86
    Jan 20, 2017
    8
    Got to say, I like the album, it is better than most I have listed to really, and IMO better than "And Star Power".

    However, (slight    Got to say, I like the album, it is better than most I have listed to really, and IMO better than "And Star Power".

    However, (slight criticism) for most of the listen I felt like too many instruments were being thrown at my eardrums.

    Roll on the new MGMT.    … Full Review »
  2. Music_Observer
    May 14, 2017
    8
    With their ambitious combination of orchestral and synthetic timbres, along with their wonderful doctoring of simple harmonic structures,With their ambitious combination of orchestral and synthetic timbres, along with their wonderful doctoring of simple harmonic structures, Foxygen creates a worthwhile sophisticated pop album that should help grow their name and their subsection of pop. My Score: 137/180 (Solid) = 7.6/10… Full Review »
  3. molecular
    Feb 9, 2017
    8
    An audacious album, but that's what Foxygen is all about. A great send up of 70's pomp but done with sincerity. A lot of critics thoughtAn audacious album, but that's what Foxygen is all about. A great send up of 70's pomp but done with sincerity. A lot of critics thought Star Power was a mess, but now sounds like it makes perfect sense in Foxygen's master plan.… Full Review »
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