• Record Label: 4AD
  • Release Date: Jan 29, 2013
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 19
  2. Negative: 0 out of 19
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  1. Mar 26, 2013
    60
    There’s promise here to be sure, but it’s a promise as yet unfulfilled.
  2. Magnet
    Feb 11, 2013
    60
    While some songs drag, others are absolutely enchanting. [No. 95, p.55]
  3. 60
    Sadly, so much of Somewhere Else exists in such a haze that it’s difficult to really find anything to sink one’s teeth in to.
  4. Jan 25, 2013
    60
    While there are some lovely sounds on Somewhere Else... but it's hard not to yearn for something more.
  5. Alternative Press
    Jan 23, 2013
    60
    Somewhere Else is only rewarding if you can stay awake. [Feb 2013, p.90]
  6. Feb 4, 2013
    50
    The album is a sedate affair peppered with exquisite moments.
  7. Mojo
    Feb 6, 2013
    40
    Considered restraint is a virtue, but Somewhere Else is hazardously polite. [Mar 2013, p.91]
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Feb 10, 2016
    9
    Revisiting after a few years because a song popped up in a shuffle, I remembered this gem was one of my favorite albums of 2013. Based onRevisiting after a few years because a song popped up in a shuffle, I remembered this gem was one of my favorite albums of 2013. Based on what I'm seeing here this gorgeous album seems to be under valued. It's the perfect soundtrack as I finish reading the especially emotional and tumultuous book 'All the Birds in the Sky' by Charlie Jane Anders. Full Review »