Placeholder
by Hand Habits
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 1 out of 13
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  1. Djcamping
    Dec 4, 2019
    10
    A genuine slow burner. Intimite, soothing and thrilling. An album to listen to time and time again. Standout tracks are Can’t calm down and Placeholder.

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#76 Best Album of 2019
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#31 Most Shared Album of 2019

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Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. No Ripcord
    May 10, 2019
    60
    The rousing, yet equally understated the book on how to change part II brings closure with a welcome luster, though it's not enough to salvage the album's soporific middle half.
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  2. Q Magazine
    Mar 12, 2019
    80
    With a singular perspective though, Hand Habits are in a lane of their own. [May 2019, p.111]
  3. PopMatters
    Mar 12, 2019
    90
    placeholder is an album that never gets stuck but also never feels less than thoroughly cohesive. That is a hard trick to pull off and Hand Habits does it with consummate aplomb. It felt like Wildly Idle would be difficult, if not impossible, to follow, and placeholder feels similarly devastating and accomplished.
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