• Record Label: PIAS
  • Release Date: Aug 26, 2016
Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
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  1. Aug 26, 2016
    80
    With their frantic live performances and a solid set of tunes behind them, the sunbaked stoners are on to a winner with this ten-track wonder.
  2. Aug 26, 2016
    80
    Los Niños Sin Miedo is a richly enjoyable exploration of the weird and wonderful, and a big two fingers up to all those who ever doubted them.
  3. Q Magazine
    Aug 17, 2016
    80
    A racket in the best possible way. [Sep 2016, p.108]
  4. 80
    Capturing the sound of a fearsome live reputation on record can be daunting for band making their debut record, but here the Madrid trio sound truly fearless.
  5. Mojo
    Aug 17, 2016
    80
    Parrots invoke a woozy, enthralling chaos that's imbued with a golden, sun-blushed charm. [Sep 2016, p.99]
  6. Aug 29, 2016
    76
    The Parrots supply their best tunes when they are having a good time, exactly why they act best to soundtrack the fun times under the sweltering summer sun. For The Parrots, all of the fun they have is just in a day’s work.
  7. Under The Radar
    Sep 14, 2016
    70
    Occasionally, the record points towards something darker, like the Cramps-esque "Jame Gumb," named after the villain of The Silence of the Lambs. But, generally, it's a late-night party, both in Spanish or moments of enthusiastically mangled English. [Aug-Sep 2016, p.74]
  8. Sep 13, 2016
    70
    It does have some darker moments, but this is a record that is fun, invigorating and ultimately very catchy.
  9. Aug 25, 2016
    70
    The whole album is pretty good, sometimes even really good. The Parrots may not be doing anything new or even close to it, but they give the corpse of garage rock a good kicking and that's a pretty cool.
  10. Uncut
    Aug 17, 2016
    70
    A record that provides few surprises but at least captures the feral energy of their live shows. [Sep 2016, p.78]
  11. Sep 13, 2016
    60
    Above all, Los Niños Sin Miedo is an album made to soundtrack youthful exuberance--knowingly dumb in places, chaotically enthusiastic all over.
  12. Aug 29, 2016
    60
    This is the kind of album that, with its endearingly coarse lo-fi set-up, will leave some frothing at the mouth. Others may find the Parrots’ debut album difficult to grasp, however, especially considering the lack of variety that it offers towards its back end.
  13. Aug 26, 2016
    60
    The end result is something that feels retrograde and entirely inessential, but enjoyable enough on its own terms.

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