Offering
by Cults
  • Record Label: Omnian
  • Release Date: Oct 6, 2017
Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Drowned In Sound
    Oct 12, 2017
    80
    Offering is also Cults’ finest work to date. At their best, they offer a hymn to the inexhaustible spirit of hope; at the very least, they have proven they can survive the whims of an increasingly fickle market.
  2. AllMusic
    Oct 6, 2017
    80
    Cults give more of themselves on these songs than ever before, and opening themselves to more possibilities pays off with some of their most exciting music.
  3. Under The Radar
    Nov 14, 2017
    70
    With its sweet, dream-pop sound, Offering is an immediately likable record that is enjoyable on first listen. Repeated plays make it more lovable as the subtle, ultra-cool textures creep into your consciousness and make for dynamic and vibrant tunes with honeyed vocals. I think I've found my new guilty pleasure.
  5. Magnet
    Oct 17, 2017
    70
    Offering finds the band retooling its sound, and a few songs meander. But at its best--on the vibrant. assertive title track, on the buzzy, fizzy "Recovery," on the swaying, bittersweet "Good Religion"--it rivals Cults' revivalist previous offerings. [No. 147, p.51]
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  6. The 405
    Oct 6, 2017
    70
    There's plenty of fun to be had here, even if it can't help not quite measuring up to past hype.
  7. The A.V. Club
    Oct 6, 2017
    67
    Offering’s second half becomes a stoned and fuzzy blur, its overall high settling into a pleasurable yet indistinct haze.
  8. Pitchfork
    Oct 16, 2017
    66
    The songs on Offering are fuller and brighter than they’ve ever been, leaving behind sinister samples and moribund imagery and making good on the promise of uptempo revelry that “Go Outside” offered.
  9. The Line of Best Fit
    Oct 19, 2017
    60
    Draped in synths and bouncy, Top 40 bass lines, Offering turns out to be a lacklustre effort from a group once smothered in critical praise and year-end listings.
  10. Q Magazine
    Oct 6, 2017
    60
    An intoxicating approximation of Beach House's gauzy atmospherics. They replicate them skillfully enough but you can't help feeling they're ultimately trying to move into a space that's already taken. [Nov 2017, p.107]
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User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. cameronsamson
    Sep 12, 2021
    10
    Impressive variety of percussion melodic and mood-inducing synths! Good listen.
  2. Tsareena
    Oct 9, 2017
    6
    Love the airiness of the album but the tracks don't stand out apart. Both the vocals and the production are sort of moody but also light andLove the airiness of the album but the tracks don't stand out apart. Both the vocals and the production are sort of moody but also light and easy at the same time so it's still a pleasant listen… Full Review »
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