The Heart Is a Monster
by Failure
  • Record Label: Failure
  • Release Date: Jun 30, 2015
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
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  1. samwiseganja
    Jul 4, 2015
    10
    Failure have done it again! After so many years, Ken Andrews and crew haven't dropped a beat. The album is basically everything a fan of Failure could ever want; equal part experiment and throwback. There is also plenty for new listeners to love from this album too. They never lost sight of what makes Failure so great. The structure of the songs and the album itself is impeccable. You canFailure have done it again! After so many years, Ken Andrews and crew haven't dropped a beat. The album is basically everything a fan of Failure could ever want; equal part experiment and throwback. There is also plenty for new listeners to love from this album too. They never lost sight of what makes Failure so great. The structure of the songs and the album itself is impeccable. You can hear the attention to detail that goes into every song on the album. The writing is phenomenal and the instrumentation out of this world. And the Segues... so good! Please if you know whats good for your ear holes, put this under-acclaimed and relatively unknown band in them.

    10/10, anything else is ludicrous.    … Expand

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. NOW Magazine
    Aug 12, 2015
    60
    The occasional “segues” throughout the record recall Fantastic Planet and although they help give it some variety and atmosphere, they also feel like too much of a throwback rather than helping The Heart Is A Monster stands on its own.
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  2. AllMusic
    Jul 15, 2015
    70
    While the lyrics still bristle with discontent, they're less defiant and more concerned with the journey than they are the inevitable descent/ascent to oblivion.
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  3. Kerrang!
    Jul 15, 2015
    80
    A record of grandstanding musical ambition. [18 Jul 2015, p.52]
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