St. Catherine
by Ducktails
  • Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Jul 24, 2015
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
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  1. agoverningfrost
    Jul 26, 2015
    7
    I wouldn't call it Mondanile's best work under the moniker Ducktails. The Flower Lane seems fresh compared to this new effort. Although by no means it's an average album, it's quite the adventure and definitely more soothing than TFL. St. Catherine does its job, just not as well as expected.

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Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. The Wire
    Sep 2, 2015
    80
    St. Catherine departs from the lo-fi meditations of earlier releases to explore a fuller bodied sound environment where structures are tighter and colours less smeared. [Sep 2015, p.54]
  2. Pretty Much Amazing
    Aug 7, 2015
    67
    An easy criticism to level at St. Catherine is that it breaks no ground, that Mondanile can probably pen these kind of fuzzy and meandering ditties in his sleep. That might be true, but St. Catherine’s highpoints will hypnotize and hold sway long enough to keep you entranced until Mondanile’s next contribution.
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  3. PopMatters
    Jul 29, 2015
    60
    In spite of improving on his past few records, Mondanile goes back to writing a technically sound and agreeable effort that falls back on familiar concepts.
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