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  • Summary: The first release in over a decade for the California indie rock band was produced by frontman Jason Lytle.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Drowned In Sound
    Mar 2, 2017
    100
    It’s beautiful and utterly captivating in its own way and, after all the band and Lytle have been through, that’s triumphant enough.
  2. Paste Magazine
    Mar 3, 2017
    87
    Lytle remains adept at worming his weary melodies into the hidden folds of broken hearts, and through a bit of grin-and-shrug relation, can take aim at the enigmatic roots of a dangerous generation with little more than three chords.
  3. AllMusic
    Mar 7, 2017
    80
    It makes for a diverse album within the tight framework that Lytle operates in, and even if it could have been a solo album just as easily, it works as a Grandaddy album too. If not quite as compelling overall as their best work like Sophtware Slump, it's a worthy successor to the very good Just Like the Fambly Cat and a welcome return for the "band."
  4. The Line of Best Fit
    Mar 15, 2017
    75
    A collection that isn’t going to win over the world but might just help you make more sense out of it.
  5. Dusted Magazine
    Apr 4, 2017
    70
    With his piano, classical flourishes and superbly layered production a la E.L.O., it’s out of sync but, when it works, wonderfully so. Whether Lytle’s vocals work for you or not will probably be the main deciding factor as to whether the band itself works for you. Oftentimes he smooths out the edges, but his singing can come across as whiny.
  6. Mojo
    Feb 27, 2017
    60
    Great to have back that little razor edge that Lytle loses when he steps away from his bandmates, but this might be the last time he gets away with it without a major rethink. [Apr 2017, p.96]
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  7. Q Magazine
    Mar 14, 2017
    60
    Both in the lyrical themes and in its sound, we are floating in familiar space. [May 2017, p.104]
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
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  1. Slowave
    Mar 3, 2017
    10
    Grab your beer. Head out into the country. And watch the sun set as you listen to the return of the most underrated band in the history ofGrab your beer. Head out into the country. And watch the sun set as you listen to the return of the most underrated band in the history of indie rock. Other than the song order and song length (Check Injun could have easily been twice as long) there is not a single thing to disappoint die hard fans. Best album since Sophtware Slump and dare I say better than Sumday as there's no cheese. Lost Machine can compete with their best emotional punches and there's a bit of every shade of Grandaddy here on offer.… Expand
  2. Elpugarino
    Mar 9, 2017
    10
    A wonderful album and worthy successor to their earlier work. Great sounds, awesome lyrics and a generally grandaddyesque outlook. My albumA wonderful album and worthy successor to their earlier work. Great sounds, awesome lyrics and a generally grandaddyesque outlook. My album of the year for 2017… Expand
  4. Fantasio
    Mar 3, 2017
    9
    it's the first time I hear of this band and their return is a great thing for the rock&roll landscape. What a great album. The production isit's the first time I hear of this band and their return is a great thing for the rock&roll landscape. What a great album. The production is great, the sound is great. Some songs have some Pink Floyd mood to them but with a 2017 twist. Definitely one of the best album I heard in 2017 to date.… Expand
  5. Music_Observer
    May 16, 2017
    7
    This dream/space rock work does as the genre name suggests and creates wonderfully unique pockets of room that float peacefully through yourThis dream/space rock work does as the genre name suggests and creates wonderfully unique pockets of room that float peacefully through your ears, even though rhythm and overall cohesion may falter a bit for the standard multi piece rock band. My Score: 129/180 (Good) = 7.2/10… Expand

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