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  • Summary: This is the second full-length solo release for the former Yuck frontman.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Uncut
    Aug 3, 2021
    70
    He finds a Teenage Fanclub-style melancholic charm on songs like "America," "How Can I Love You" and the excellent "Palindromes," while "All The Same" and "Twenty-Two" head into heavier territory. [Sep 2021, p.25]
  2. Jun 17, 2021
    70
    Strong and raw instrumentation lays a varied and strong foundation for a subdued vocal performance that charms listeners into a relaxed state, in which you can float along to the soaring instrumentals provided throughout.
  3. Jun 21, 2021
    70
    Pedestrian isn’t going to grab you by the throat or rip up trees, being both pedestrian in name and largely in nature too. But don’t let that put you off; the pace may be rather ‘foot off the gas’ but its subtlety is endearing, as is the vulnerability displayed by Bloom’s vocals.
  4. 60
    While Pedestrian is not the most remarkable album, it feels honest and comforting.
  5. 60
    It is hard to know whether Bloom wants us to engage with the zen-like revelations that arose from being trapped in the thudding reality of one identical day following another, or whether he is inviting us to switch off our minds, relax and float downstream. The result is an album that has the capacity to do both, but never truly perfects either.
  6. Jun 17, 2021
    60
    Whimsical songs about stormy weather and journeying across the United States are sweet enough, but Max Bloom’s virtuous desire for simple arrangements and affected naivety is often to his detriment, sounding pedestrian at best.
  7. Jun 21, 2021
    52
    Pedestrian may have similar mechanics to Yuck’s highlights underneath, but it’s stripped that fuzzy distortion and slathered in a thick layer of schmaltz as a replacement. The end result is a struggle, one that’s scattershot due to it’s need to include now-ancient methods to survive.
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  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. Jun 18, 2021
    8
    I did not know what to expect with this solo effort from the frontman from Yuck. Maybe it was the mood I was in at the time but it isI did not know what to expect with this solo effort from the frontman from Yuck. Maybe it was the mood I was in at the time but it is eclectic, pleasant to the ear and conceived in London in the early part of the pandemic and following the band Yuck breakup. I thought the critics expected more of a Yuck sound vs. soft rock but there is something for everybody with tight production and brass sounds to boot. Keep it up! Expand