Miss Anthropocene
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  • Summary: Climate change is theme for the fifth full-length release from the Canadian artist.
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You'll Miss Me When I'm Not Around
I shot myself yesterday Got to heaven anyway Think I might regret it now Tied my feet to rocks and drowned If you don't bleed, then you don't... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. NOW Magazine
    Feb 21, 2020
    100
    Boucher's production prowess, beautifully complex and ambitious songwriting, is self-evident on Miss Anthropocene.
  2. Sputnikmusic
    Feb 24, 2020
    84
    Miss Anthropocene takes everything about Grimes the musician – her uncanny ability to build a song out of parts no one ever thought to put together before, that idiosyncratic voice, her ear for a classic melody – and concisely packages it into her most penetrating record yet.
  3. Clash Music
    Feb 20, 2020
    80
    The record feels slick and polished, yet natural and unnatural. Like Grimes’ previous music, it’s a scary, ambient, and muddlingly beautiful mess.
  4. New Musical Express (NME)
    Feb 20, 2020
    80
    It’s a record stuffed with imagination and packed with beauty. It’s also a fitting next step for an artist who’s built her reputation as someone who refuses to keep in step with the rest of the world.
  5. No Ripcord
    Mar 16, 2020
    80
    Ultimately an excellent record. Where the message is muddied, thankfully the music is often, simply put, beautiful.
  6. DIY Magazine
    Feb 21, 2020
    70
    ‘Miss Anthropocene’ is undoubtedly the singer’s darkest album yet, the result perhaps of a rollercoaster half-decade or maybe just of an artist who’s never really given two fucks about playing the radio-friendly commercial game.
  7. The Quietus
    Feb 21, 2020
    50
    Miss Anthropocene is a Kanye West of a listening experience. Strengthened by listening less hard and chilling out. Weakened by due diligence and the artist’s cerebral disconnect between what she's great at making and who she believes she is.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 93 out of 99
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 99
  3. Negative: 2 out of 99
  1. behzatgoren
    Feb 21, 2020
    10
    Grimes would f*ck me if she saw me listening the album.I was like horny or something like that
  2. l_l-Mist-l_l
    Jul 24, 2020
    10
    Amazing! Its something fresh and beautiful. The production on the tracks are so well made that it makes you replay the song even more
  4. streetspirit666
    Feb 22, 2020
    10
    You can sum up this album in Grime's makeup tutorial for vogue: Beautiful but also ravaged by a boar.
    Dystopia never looked this mesmerizing.
  5. CharlieGray
    Feb 21, 2020
    10
    Her darkest album to date, sort of like a mix between Art Angels and Visions you could say, superb produced although that’s not surprisingHer darkest album to date, sort of like a mix between Art Angels and Visions you could say, superb produced although that’s not surprising coming from Grimes.… Expand
  6. matthewmirliani
    Feb 23, 2020
    9
    It’s an impressive album - beautiful at times, but mostly operatic, angelic, demonic and apocalyptic. Grimes skillfully employs theIt’s an impressive album - beautiful at times, but mostly operatic, angelic, demonic and apocalyptic. Grimes skillfully employs the industrial-pop Bjork made famous on 1994’s Post, while also delving into the punk-pop sounds of the 2000s alongside some Madonna-esque folktronica. The themes are dark, but the album feels celebratory in parts, acting as the soundtrack to a science fiction, warehouse dance party. Admittedly it loses steam in its final tracks, and seems to end abruptly (if there was a narrative stringing the album together we didn’t leave with much closure). However, this at-times challenging listen is one of the most ambitious projects of the year so far, and one that demands to be heard.… Expand
  7. raindropscloud
    Feb 21, 2020
    9
    Grimes intelligence amazes us again. Is incredible how she created (produced, directed, and etc.) a whole concept surrounding the climateGrimes intelligence amazes us again. Is incredible how she created (produced, directed, and etc.) a whole concept surrounding the climate change and artificial intelligence almost like a mythology (Miss Anthropocene herself and War Nymph are goddesses), while working with multiple sounds, arrangements and lyrics to build particular "atmospheres" for each song. When listening the album you'll probably feel a different amount of feelings, such as rage ( in "My Name Is Dark"), some kind of sensuality ("Violence"), sadness ("Delete Forever"), and apathy ("You'll miss me when I'm not around"). This woman is simply a genius.… Expand
  8. fotisathanatos
    Dec 29, 2020
    0
    It's Grimes best album yet. It has everything for everyone, the production level is 'grimes' just like the complexity of most songs holdingIt's Grimes best album yet. It has everything for everyone, the production level is 'grimes' just like the complexity of most songs holding tightly to the 'experimental' title.… Expand

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