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The Winter Of Mixed Drinks
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Universal acclaim- based on 27 Ratings

  • Summary: The third studio album for the Scottish indie band produced by Peter Katis is its first with new member Gordon Skene.

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Foot Shooter
Well, the booze in my blood Runs fast and loud And my brain shouts down to my mouth Say whatever I think Say it at him And when the dam bursts... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. The A.V. Club
    100
    Frightened Rabbit is mostly content to continue exploring the vein it tapped a couple of years ago. Fans will need to be slightly more patient, but they’ll ultimately be well rewarded.
  2. The Guardian
    80
    The Rabbit are a band overdue a breakthrough, and fans of everyone from Arcade Fire to the similarly revamped Maccabees will find much to love here.
  3. Mojo
    80
    Generous handclaps and a beautifully thrumming guitar buoy The Loneliness & The Scream. Living In Coulour, meanwhile, is a statement of intent, chiming pianos and a reeling rhythm pushing things along, typifying an album made by a band happily at the peak of its powers. [mar 2010, p.90]
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  4. Drowned In Sound
    80
    In the broader context of British alternative music, it cements Frightened Rabbit at the creative peak of the folk-crossover scene.
  5. PopMatters
    70
    Those mixed drinks, they can warm you up or weigh you down, as the snow piles up. On this album the band always goes for the former, and that warmth extends out to the listener.
  6. Pitchfork
    66
    "Midnight Organ Fight" announced with its title that its underlying concern was sex (not getting it, not getting it from who you want, being unfulfilled by it), and the songs on this new album, though more lyrically complex, seem neutered by comparison.
  7. Under The Radar
    50
    The emotional immediacy of a jilted lover has been replaced with a series of tired metaphors, and as a result The Winter Of Mixed Drinks falls significantly short of its predecessor. [Winter 2010, p.82]
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  1. GarboTaste
    Jul 13, 2018
    9
    The thing I love most about Frightened Rabbit is how well a song is composed and put together. On a track like say Good Arms Vs. Bad Arms offThe thing I love most about Frightened Rabbit is how well a song is composed and put together. On a track like say Good Arms Vs. Bad Arms off of Midnight Organ Fight, there's a lot of moving parts that come together to make a beautiful listen. This album delivers more of that in a different but similar Frightened Rabbit way. There's enough substance in most of these songs that you can repeat a song and listen for something you didn't quite catch the first time.… Expand
  2. BrendanL
    Oct 3, 2010
    8
    Swim Until You Can't See Land isn't a song, it's an anthem, a damn anthem. I got this album feeling a bit skeptical Midnight Organ Fight wasSwim Until You Can't See Land isn't a song, it's an anthem, a damn anthem. I got this album feeling a bit skeptical Midnight Organ Fight was an okay album but got tired at the end, so I didn't really want to get this album, but I did, and I'm glad I did. Such an emotional album.… Expand