Sick Scenes
by Los Campesinos!
  • Record Label: Wichita
  • Release Date: Feb 24, 2017
Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
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  1. Q Magazine
    Mar 14, 2017
    60
    Any nuance is stomped by hectic drums and background chants, but it's hard not to warm to people acting on the very human compulsion to make their presence known in case they spin out of reach forever. [May 2017, p.107]
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  2. AllMusic
    Feb 23, 2017
    60
    It all makes for an unbalanced listening experience, one that only the most dedicated Los Campesinos! fans will likely want to undertake. For anyone else, Sick Scenes might be a little too over-produced and undercooked, despite the moments when some of the band's old thrills poke through the fresh coat of paint.
  3. Record Collector
    Feb 3, 2017
    60
    Brasher, younger-sounding than the band’s previous records, but with the hard-won wisdom that experrience brings.
  5. Uncut
    Feb 3, 2017
    50
    Sick Scenes is certainly a messy affair, stylistically, and overrun with densely packed lyrics, though it's not entirely without charm. [Mar 2017, p.32]
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User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 16
  3. Negative: 1 out of 16
  1. toddhumphreys1
    Mar 4, 2017
    10
    There is no one else in this scene that compares with Los Campesinos!
    How is it possible they're not only "still this good," but instead    There is no one else in this scene that compares with Los Campesinos!
    How is it possible they're not only "still this good," but instead actively upping their game on so many levels.
    My order of ranking the songs (as of right now):
    A Litany/Heart Swells
    Amarante
    A Slow Slow Death
    Got Stendhal's
    Here's to the Fourth Time
    Sad Suppers
    Renato
    Hung Empty
    The Fall of Home
    5 Flux
    Belly Tolls

    And these are all very good songs. "Fourth Time" and above cross into great songs' territory...and I'm always surprised when any band I run across has ONE great song on an album...here we have at least five    … Full Review »
  2. Music_Observer
    May 16, 2017
    8
    In continuing down their very interesting path of combining tragedy and radiance in music, Los Campesions! succeed again in creating aIn continuing down their very interesting path of combining tragedy and radiance in music, Los Campesions! succeed again in creating a youthful and intelligent indie rock album, despite there only being a couple of truly inspiring melodic motives. My Score: 138/180 (Solid) = 7.7/10… Full Review »
  3. amypeachey
    Mar 9, 2017
    10
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