We're All Gonna Die
by Dawes
User Score
5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 2 out of 7
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  1. tommyt1984
    Jan 13, 2017
    4
    I love Dawes. To me, they represented a return to a style of songwriting and performance that has been missing from popular music for a long time. I wanted to love "We're All Gonna Die" but sadly it's just not possible. The music, lyrics and performance are so far off from what Dawes has done in previous albums and not in a good way, in my opinion. Experimentation can be a wonderful thingI love Dawes. To me, they represented a return to a style of songwriting and performance that has been missing from popular music for a long time. I wanted to love "We're All Gonna Die" but sadly it's just not possible. The music, lyrics and performance are so far off from what Dawes has done in previous albums and not in a good way, in my opinion. Experimentation can be a wonderful thing in the realm of creation but this instance seems forced. The band seems to be trying for something new and the results fall flat. The worst part about this is that this album forces me to question the motivations behind the work on Dawes' earlier albums. The lyrics and music on their first three albums in particular feel so real and meaningful. Then they go an put together an album like this that just seems silly. Totally not feeling this album. For the first time since I became a Dawes fan I have little or no desire to catch them live on tour until this material is retired. I hope they return to higher quality songwriting. Well, at the very least we have a few exceptoional albums from this once great band to revisit whenever we please. Please come back, Dawes!!… Expand

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Magnet
    Nov 16, 2016
    50
    Too frequently, though, the new material doesn't have the constitution to withstand the heavy hand of producer and former Dawes guitarist Blake Mills. [No. 137, p.55]
  2. PopMatters
    Oct 4, 2016
    60
    For all their quality on paper in terms of instrumental skill and stylistic infusions, the tracks never really seem to get going. Dawes are faced with the facts that innovation is all well and good, but this doesn’t mean that the listener will buy into it.
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  3. Uncut
    Sep 23, 2016
    80
    [Producer Blake Mills] deftly applied his gift for song-serving ornamentation and transformed sluggish Dawes into an aggressively inventive band. [Nov 2016, p.26]
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