Metascore
60

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
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  1. May 16, 2013
    60
    The real problem with Limits of Desire is that it’s a decent album that’s difficult to sell.
  2. May 13, 2013
    60
    When the band does not explore their influences as assertively, their music blends in a little too closely with that of their peers.
  3. May 13, 2013
    60
    The only trouble is that nearly every track captures the same sense of John Hughes-worthy nostalgia, with no cut standing out above the rest.
  4. Jun 27, 2013
    50
    While the group’s carefree attitude toward genre saves Limits of Desire from becoming yet another “Millennials-do-the-‘80s” clone LP, these songs on the whole don’t pack much of a punch.
  5. May 15, 2013
    50
    The textures are excellent, the songs are OK, but as a whole, it just doesn't pack the emotional punch of earlier outings.
  6. Nov 7, 2013
    40
    A hypnotic album, but one that never quite awakens to its purpose.

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