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Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. The Wire
    Mar 30, 2022
    80
    The album is consistently fast-paced, a simple but effective trick to amp up its pop thrills. [Mar 2022, p.46]
  2. Feb 24, 2022
    80
    Though the album might not have any kind of clear fully-formed artistic mantra, it does offer a thrilling, acute feedback loop of a band rapidly reinventing and evolving. In that light, speculation whether Empath will end up as beloved iconoclasts like Deerhoof or something decidedly bigger seems rather moot.
  3. Feb 18, 2022
    82
    Empath’s mix of melody and noise is so effective, it’s not hard at all to squint a little bit at Visitor and see the potential for some sort of breakthrough success for this band.
  4. Mojo
    Feb 14, 2022
    80
    The Philadelphia quartet's second has a deep warmth emanating from it. [Mar 2022, p.82]
  5. Uncut
    Feb 14, 2022
    80
    A wonderous, modernist mix of LiLiPUT, Husker Du and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. [Mar 2022, p.28]
  6. Feb 14, 2022
    83
    Empath’s Visitor is the stunning follow-up most young bands only dream of creating.
  7. Feb 14, 2022
    66
    For an album where most tracks don’t extend past three minutes, and from a band with such a breakneck spirit, Visitor feels a little too languid.

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