Hold My Home
by Cold War Kids
  • Record Label: Downtown
  • Release Date: Oct 21, 2014
Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
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  1. AllMusic
    Nov 5, 2014
    80
    With Hold My Home, they emerge as a more straightforward band, and also a more confident and engaging one.
  2. Paste Magazine
    Nov 5, 2014
    79
    Hold My Home is arguably the strongest record--with the most consistent highlights--that the band has yet to deliver, and it bodes well for their future.
  3. Q Magazine
    Nov 13, 2014
    60
    In a sign that they've struggled to progress since [their debut], almost every song on this fifth alum similarly ends with Willett combusting into a figure of angst. [Dec 2014, p.108]
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  5. Under The Radar
    Nov 13, 2014
    60
    The band's stylistic exploration is brave and admirable, but Home suffers most from a lack of consistency.
  6. Uncut
    Feb 3, 2015
    40
    An uninspired outfit played into a corner. [Mar 2015, p.73]
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  7. PopMatters
    Nov 5, 2014
    40
    On Hold My Home, their attempt is a failure, featuring no virtuosity, no experimentation, no honesty, no power of any kind, just stodgy, empty confidence in place of anything worth saying.
  8. Consequence
    Nov 5, 2014
    33
    Unfortunately, Hold My Home is not another baby step in the right direction, but rather a collection of slack-jawed tunes surrounding one or two borderline gems.

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User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. yrcrazy
    Nov 9, 2015
    5
    Has potential which shines through at times but just ends up being so average. A bit more experimentation in some of the filler tracks couldHas potential which shines through at times but just ends up being so average. A bit more experimentation in some of the filler tracks could have easily grabbed it a 7.… Full Review »
  2. thehatcheteer
    Dec 22, 2014
    9
    I've been listening to CWK for about seven years now, and this is the most excited I've been about their music since I first heard it. It's aI've been listening to CWK for about seven years now, and this is the most excited I've been about their music since I first heard it. It's a great album with a few songs that use the lead singer's voice so appropriately. I'm sure someone who knows more about music could critique it, but damn it's fun.… Full Review »
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