Shelter
by Alcest
  • Record Label: Prophecy
  • Release Date: Jan 21, 2014
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 37 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 37
  3. Negative: 2 out of 37
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  1. Scooter4849
    Apr 23, 2014
    2
    A full out shoe-gaze record finally from this group, finally. No more of the black metal influences anymore. Very light on the ears and very ethereal, but it's absolutely boring as hell. It's like listening to a MBV or Slow Dive record, where they were forced only to use reverb to make songs. The melodies are almost non existent, or i just flat out forgot them. Hugely underwhelming vocalsA full out shoe-gaze record finally from this group, finally. No more of the black metal influences anymore. Very light on the ears and very ethereal, but it's absolutely boring as hell. It's like listening to a MBV or Slow Dive record, where they were forced only to use reverb to make songs. The melodies are almost non existent, or i just flat out forgot them. Hugely underwhelming vocals to boot. This record is basically what adult contemporary shoe-gaze would sound like. Not pretty or sweet, but entirely boring and not memorable.… Expand

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. NOW Magazine
    Feb 27, 2014
    80
    The songs are effortlessly pleasant even when they threaten to dissolve into the ether like the woolly memory of a sweet dream receding into your subconscious.
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  2. Pretty Much Amazing
    Feb 10, 2014
    83
    Frankly, it’s a bit of a corker.
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  3. Kerrang!
    Jan 28, 2014
    80
    Shelter is the first great album of 2014. [18 Jan 2014, p.52]
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