Strange Creatures
by Drenge
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. DIY Magazine
    Feb 22, 2019
    60
    Strange Creatures limps and sags habitually, never quite succumbing to Drenge’s wishful potential and ruthless attempts at crafting the idyllic garage-rock their previous releases showcased. It’s a shame when the promise never quite delivers.
  2. Q Magazine
    Feb 21, 2019
    60
    If Strange Creatures show a grander musical approach, then lyrically they're still fascinated by the bleak detail of everyday life, even if lads-night-out-gone-wrong vignette Bonfire Of the City Boys and sax-peppered deadpan horror story Prom Night flip the mundane into something more twisted. [Apr 2019, p.110]
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  3. Uncut
    Feb 21, 2019
    60
    Songs packed with macabre humour, melodic contortion and gruesome discord. [Mar 2019, p.27]
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  5. The Independent (UK)
    Feb 21, 2019
    60
    Strange Creatures is certainly packed with musical ideas.

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6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
  1. goodintentions9
    Feb 4, 2023
    10
    Drenge build on their last two releases and expand their sound. All the promo I've seen calls this a "nocturnal" record, and that's really theDrenge build on their last two releases and expand their sound. All the promo I've seen calls this a "nocturnal" record, and that's really the best word for it. What I don't have a word for is the genre that it falls into - your guess is as good as mine. Rock? Indie? Grunge? Punk? Pop? I can see this album being polarizing for fans of their previous work, but I love the new direction and want to see where they're going next. (Though it's going on four years since this album came out, so let's hope there will be a next one.)
    Favorite tracks: Avalanches, Strange Creatures, No Flesh Road    … Full Review »
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