• Record Label: Vagrant
  • Release Date: Jul 31, 2015
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. Aug 17, 2015
    7
    Every now and then while listening I thought: 'Is this the guy from Placebo now doing solo?'
    Anyway the album is good and although the artist doesn't stand out it is going into my "rainy days" playlist. It has cheer up qualities despite the melancholic vocals.
  2. Sep 20, 2017
    9
    This is Albert's most creative, most enjoyable album to date. Each song is catchy, and almost invokes that classic "strokes" feeling you get from Is This It and Room on Fire. Fast, guitar licks that will get stuck in your head for hours. Lyrics that you will love to sing along to. This album is absolutely fantastic.
  3. Jan 16, 2020
    10
    It's such an amazing album. every song is legendary and i been listening it for years without getting bored
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69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 15
  2. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Dec 7, 2015
    80
    To describe it as the best Strokes-related work since 2003’s Room On Fire might be damning it with faint praise: better to say simply that this is one of the year’s most easily-overlooked gems.
  2. Aug 17, 2015
    70
    Despite the pristine production and supercharged atmosphere, this feels like his most personal set and where the music falls into more predictable territory, it's kept buoyant by Hammond's emotional warmth and his wistful, contemplative lyrics.
  3. 60
    Side Boob and Razor’s Edge don’t even bother with the middle men, heading straight for the infectious propulsion of Is This It. Elsewhere, however, Hammond makes a creditable stab at the sunny nonchalance of Mac DeMarco, while a crunching Arctic Monkeys riff underpins Caught By My Shadow.