• Record Label: Downtown
  • Release Date: Dec 13, 2011
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Q Magazine
    Dec 22, 2011
    60
    [It has] abundant warmth, melodiousness and spontaneity--and fewer full-tilt stylistic shifts than earlier records. [Jan 2012, p.127]
  2. Dec 7, 2011
    60
    It's an intriguing sketchbook of ideas and, on the likes of I'd Have It Just the Way We Were and Shy Billy, it's surprisingly fully formed.
  3. 60
    It's even prettier and easier on the synapses than D--also released this year--without sacrificing any of the complexities for which the Texans are renowned.
  4. Dec 7, 2011
    60
    Last Day of Summer is surely weirder than their actual album material, but it's compelling to watch a band rooted in garage rock go so far out of its comfort zone, try some uncharted styles (jazz, prog, tropicalia, and psych-folk), and still come up with some winners.
User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Dec 13, 2011
    9
    awesome