• Record Label: New West
  • Release Date: Jan 26, 2024
Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. Mojo
    Jan 26, 2024
    80
    It may make for a rollercoaster musical ride, but it's utterly thrilling. [Mar 2024, p.88]
  2. Uncut
    Jan 26, 2024
    80
    The threesome manage to toe the very fine line between control and chaos, suppression and release. [Jan 2024, p.34]
  3. Jan 26, 2024
    80
    Despite being recorded in such a short burst of time – or maybe because of it – Spiel manages to be as musically diverse as it is moody, offering up a stellar intro to the band.
  4. Feb 6, 2024
    75
    Spiel is heavy but nimble, more direct in its arrangements and sentiments, but also moodier, more melancholy; it sounds like shoulders shrugged against a cold wind.
  5. Feb 7, 2024
    70
    There is nothing weighty going on in the lyrics. Think of Spiel as an instructional audio asking one to listen, turn one’s head, and hear the music again.
  6. Jan 26, 2024
    70
    While just about everything here is darkly anxious yet engaging, highlights include the line “Life’s just time chasing your mind with the body you get" (from "In the Red") and the bouncy, utterly infectious "Big Air," which, in keeping with the rest of the album, adds injury to elation: "I got big air/Flew and landed strange."

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