Serpentina
by Banks
  • Record Label: AWAL
  • Release Date: Apr 8, 2022
Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Slant Magazine
    Apr 15, 2022
    60
    Though she once again flashes her talent for delivering emotionally wrought tales of heartbreak, Serpentina asserts its uniqueness in paradoxically conventional and unsurprising ways.
  2. musicOMH.com
    Apr 8, 2022
    60
    This album at its best can be genuinely explosive – see Holding Back with its booming trap beats and chipmunk-soul hook – but Banks’ central problem on Serpentina is how to channel emotion without straying into musical indulgence, and how to evoke situations without wallowing in them.
  3. The Line of Best Fit
    Apr 8, 2022
    60
    Not quite pop perfection, but it has its moments.
  5. The Telegraph (UK)
    Apr 8, 2022
    40
    SERPENTINA isn’t a coherent whole but rather a doggerel and ill-considered mishmash of disparate parts.

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User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 24
  3. Negative: 2 out of 24
  1. HeyItsJayJay
    Apr 11, 2022
    4
    "Serpentina" amplifies the lack of edge and risk BANK considers to journey with on her artistic performances.
  2. Salaam144
    Apr 8, 2022
    10
    Every banks album is so underrated it hurts. Each album she puts out is unique and ground breaking imo and this album serpentine is anotherEvery banks album is so underrated it hurts. Each album she puts out is unique and ground breaking imo and this album serpentine is another hit. I've enjoyed every song..I don't know how she keeps doing it because no one makes music like banks and still brings a complete different sound and vibe to each project. Favorites so far are **** love, holding back, and meteorite. ❤️❤️… Full Review »
  3. emersongmss
    Apr 8, 2022
    10
    Serpentina is art. Banks can express their felling with the good music
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