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73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews What's this?

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8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 5 Ratings

  • Summary: The sixth full-length release for the pop duo of Keith Murray and Chris Cain was produced with keyboardist Max Hart.
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  • Record Label: 100% Records
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival
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In My Head
I never know if i'm awake Your present going out of date, in my brain The next move isn't mine to make So how much longer are you gonna wait? Though... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. Magnet
    Aug 9, 2016
    85
    Helter Seltzer offers a master class in grandiose indie-pop and how to maximize the potential of the simplest of sounds. [No. 133, p.58]
  2. May 2, 2016
    80
    The result is an album of angular yet immediately memorable hooks bathed in a fizzy mix of rock guitars, candy-coated synths, and gigantic drumbeats.
  3. Q Magazine
    Jun 6, 2016
    80
    This is the sound of a band hitting their stride, albeit belatedly. [#361, p.116]
  4. May 2, 2016
    60
    Helter Seltzer ends up being a bit of a hit and miss album, where the biggest pluses come from the band stretching its sound a bit.
  5. May 2, 2016
    60
    It’s not teeming with future classics, but it’s their most solid and replayable record since Brain Thrust Mastery.
  6. Uncut
    May 24, 2016
    50
    There's no denying the pair know their way around a perky tune, but their songs are unmemorable because their sound is so heavily recycled. [Jul 2016, p.82]
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  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. Jun 6, 2016
    9
    We Are Scientists have put out there strongest album ever - growing up looks good on them. Helter Seltzer is an album of dream pop that'sWe Are Scientists have put out there strongest album ever - growing up looks good on them. Helter Seltzer is an album of dream pop that's appearing through a glossy haze in a cavern of romantic ethereal reverb! Expand