TFCF
by Liars
  • Record Label: Mute
  • Release Date: Aug 25, 2017
User Score
6.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 14
  3. Negative: 3 out of 14
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  1. vyzel
    Aug 27, 2017
    8
    Most of the songs lead into each other while still allowing each song to transform into something new and interesting. Overall, the album has a lot of variety and is definitely something to check out.
  2. reubensandwich
    Oct 22, 2017
    8
    I enjoyed this album of driving and heavy tunes. Some of the songs remind me a bit of early Beck or Nick Cave, before they polished their craft. That being said, it's a bit of a weird album and it's not going to be for everyone. There's maybe one radio friendly song. It's the kind of album that you'll be listening to and your friend will come in and say "what the **** is this?"

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Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. The Wire
    Oct 11, 2017
    80
    On TFCF (short for Theme From Crying Fountain) Andrews comes into his own. The tracks might be loosely structured, ideas, samples, field recordings and styles scattered by the dozen across the album’s 33 minutes, but it’s a sense of a distinctive songwriter exploring fracturedness across a broad spectrum from the dancefloor to the introspective. [Oct 2017, p.64]
  2. No Ripcord
    Sep 25, 2017
    70
    TFCF is riddled with confusion and self-reflection, and it faithfully continues Liars’ unconventional stride, though this time it had to affect him intimately and personally to take him there.
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  3. AllMusic
    Sep 21, 2017
    80
    Andrew spends TFCF discovering sounds that previous incarnations of Liars somehow never explored, whether it's the oddly majestic psychedelic flamenco of "Cliché Suite" or the brittle piano pop of "No Tree No Branch," one of a streak of surprisingly catchy songs on the album's second half. Amidst all the change, Andrew holds onto some quintessential Liars qualities.
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