The Diet
by Cullen Omori
  • Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Aug 17, 2018
Metascore
69

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. PopMatters
    Aug 16, 2018
    80
    While New Misery was steeped in severity and perhaps a strained sense of needing to prove oneself, The Diet cuts off the pretentious fat. The resulting sound is inventive, fun, fresh, and perhaps Omori's best release to-date.
  2. The Line of Best Fit
    Aug 16, 2018
    80
    The songs are beautifully crafted, shimmering with an alluring magic and aura, existing in their own time and space.
  3. AllMusic
    Aug 17, 2018
    70
    The Diet isn't a quantum leap over New Misery, but it certainly represents a step forward for Cullen Omori, both as a songwriter and a performer, and as long as his love life remains problematic, he should have a great future ahead of him.
  5. Pitchfork
    Aug 17, 2018
    70
    The Diet would benefit from more breezily subversive sing-alongs like that—as the album rolls on, Omori’s predilection for mid-tempo, mid-period Oasis starts to take over, and a certain uniformity of style, scale, and seriousness sets in.

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  1. mbellingham
    Sep 30, 2018
    9
    Brilliant LP (much better than the last one as well). Many reminders of the Smith Westerns sound but with a twist making the sound his own.Brilliant LP (much better than the last one as well). Many reminders of the Smith Westerns sound but with a twist making the sound his own. Several catchy and memorable songs.… Full Review »