Let It All In
by Arbouretum
Metascore
81

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. The Wire
    Apr 28, 2020
    80
    The band’s template has barely changed over those years but that isn’t to suggest a lack of artistic growth. “How Deep It Goes”, the opening track from their tenth album Let It All In, is a prime example of their peculiar progression as it exudes the reassuring warmth of California songsmiths of yesteryear yet still somehow manages to wedge a wash of icy interplay between Huemann’s guitar and Matthew Pierce’s synths smack dab in the middle of the track. [May 2020, p.48]
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  2. Q Magazine
    Mar 20, 2020
    80
    Unusually welcoming entry point. [May 2020, p.92]
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  3. AllMusic
    Mar 20, 2020
    80
    Arbouretum comes on as gentle as a rolling creek, never letting on the full range of their powers until the songs have silently grown from still waters to cresting waves.
  5. Uncut
    Mar 20, 2020
    80
    As the music heads dynamically towards its conclusion, you feel as if you are in safe hands, a life raft on a wave of crushing power. [Apr 2020, p.18]
  6. Pitchfork
    Mar 26, 2020
    78
    Let It All In feels lived-in and newly cut from his core.
  7. Under The Radar
    Apr 8, 2020
    75
    Let It All In has the steady heart of the ages and the curious intellect of the ageless.
  8. musicOMH.com
    Mar 31, 2020
    70
    While as a whole it’s disjointed, and the variation could hinder its success, Arbouretum have undoubtedly released another good album.
  9. Dusted Magazine
    Mar 20, 2020
    70
    The main issue with this Arbouretum album is that it sticks stubbornly in a mid-tempo calm. There are no big, ripping guitar solos and few instrumental crescendos. The one big exception comes late in the album with “Let It All In.”

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  1. JBBu
    Mar 27, 2020
    8
    I have always loved the psychedelic folk, country and jazz hybrids of the late sixties, particularly the early pre 1970’s Grateful Dead andI have always loved the psychedelic folk, country and jazz hybrids of the late sixties, particularly the early pre 1970’s Grateful Dead and Fairport Convention. Arbouretum has been a band that tapped into this genre with alacrity. Their first two albums were outstanding. And this one is even better. For me they went through a decade of darkness by dipping into a sludgy simplified hard rock territory (with few exceptions such as Heumann’s solo work). The one outlier on this album is a recording from their last recording session 3 years ago,” Let It All In”. It continues the hard rock style with 12 minutes of a thudding relentless Krautrock beat. It’s not bad... for a while, it but it either doesn’t belong in this collection or at the very least it's length should be cut in 1/2. I’m not sure why they let it all in.… Full Review »