• Record Label: 4AD
  • Release Date: May 20, 2016
Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Jun 20, 2016
    60
    Frontman Jake Webb’s lyrics are often as intricate and tangled as his weaving guitar lines.
  2. May 26, 2016
    60
    Much of the music here is less unearthly obscurity and more relatively straightforward indie, dressed up in a rainbow poncho.
  3. May 20, 2016
    60
    They may lack the immediacy of some of their more envelope-pushing contemporaries, but as sonic world-builders they excel, and certainly possess the acumen to expand those horizons on future outings.
  4. May 11, 2016
    60
    Ulltimately, Oh Inhuman Spectacle relies on its construction and craft at the expense of killer tunes, but it's never less than likeable.
  5. Q Magazine
    May 5, 2016
    60
    It's a compelling mix, although the gaseous atmospheres and subtle melodies of Unbalancing Acts and To Swim drift too far toward shapelessness. It's a highly promising debut nonetheless. [Jul 2016, p.111]
  6. 50
    Methyl Ethel have an innate knack for a tune, yet the darker ideas can feel unremittingly earnest.

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