Pull My Hair Back
by Jessy Lanza
  • Record Label: Hyperdub
  • Release Date: Sep 17, 2013
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 19 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19

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  1. longjetty7
    Mar 19, 2016
    8
    This is a great, underrated electronic album. It took me a bit to warm up to it since it's not as immediate as most music out there, but I actually really appreciate the laid-back, hypnotic, and sort of experimental vibe this album has. The beats are awesome, and it's one of the freshest sounding albums I've heard in a while. The songs by themselves are a bit light on the melody and not soThis is a great, underrated electronic album. It took me a bit to warm up to it since it's not as immediate as most music out there, but I actually really appreciate the laid-back, hypnotic, and sort of experimental vibe this album has. The beats are awesome, and it's one of the freshest sounding albums I've heard in a while. The songs by themselves are a bit light on the melody and not so memorable, but taken as a whole the album flows together nicely and is really easy to get lost in. It has a consistent quality throughout so if you like one song you'll like them all.

    Standout track: F*ck Diamond    … Expand

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. The Wire
    Dec 10, 2013
    50
    The R&B tropes are part of a reassuring past, and the half-there vocals don't add enigma so much as leave the music unchallenged and stick in its old ways. [Oct 2013, p.47]
  2. The New York Times
    Oct 21, 2013
    80
    Ms. Lanza, who is Canadian, moves with purpose and authority in and around the rhythms on this album which, produced by her with Jeremy Greenspan of Junior Boys, in places nods explicitly to Timbaland’s skittish production.
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  3. AllMusic
    Oct 17, 2013
    80
    It's a variation on the JBs' dubbed-out compound of synth pop and post-disco, and it suits Lanza's voice to enticing effect.
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