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Generally favorable reviews- based on 31 Ratings
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Positive: 28 out of 31
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Mixed: 1 out of 31
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Negative: 2 out of 31
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Feb 10, 2020
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Feb 7, 2020colourful, off control and generous. it's a pleasure listening to it, after all the patterned records that offerflow our favourite streaming services. but i must admit i have been expecting a bit too much of them, and didn't exactly get blasted. the best cuts, are those i have already delighted as they came out singles. death drive and Lula. the new songs, just don't deliver that hard.
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Feb 8, 2020Best album of 2020! They'll struggle to beat this again, easy 10/10! Fantastic lyricism, perfect writing, but the guitar players are easily the best, especially James.
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Sep 10, 2020Somewhere between eight and nine. Whatever, it doesn’t matter. This album is one of the best debuts I’ve ever heard and definitely on my Best of 2020 list. Just great. So damn great.
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Jan 6, 2021
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Feb 9, 2020Colorful electro-punk bangers infused with various western carnival-esque twangs here and there. There's so much raw energy exploding out of this album, creative multifaceted songs and song topics. Every song has it's own unique and twisted story to tell. The project is one worth returning to and HMLTD is group worth paying attention to.
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Feb 19, 2020Incredible debut. Inventive band who is not afraid to push the boundaries of rock music (a dying genre) forward. Can’t wait for album 2. This one is already a classic.
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Jun 17, 2020
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Jul 31, 2020There are so many bad Post-Punk Revival bands out there, they all lack songwriting skills, and that's where HMLTD shines on this record. The closer is the only track that lacks good songwriting, except that the whole album is well crafted with amazing instrumental and personality. One of the best debut of 2020.
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Nov 20, 2020HMLTD's debut is exactly what you'd expect from the collection of singles they've released the past few years. The seamless flow between genres is magical. West of Eden leaves you wanting more, and I'm very excited to see what this band has planned in the future!
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Apr 12, 2023Amazing album. Eclectic, exciting and very well produced. Sometimes it feels overacted but I think that it's part of the artist's theatricality.
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Feb 18, 2020Despite the high barrier to entry, West of Eden crowns HMLTD as one of few bands with a serious claim to artistic vision and sonic uniqueness.
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Feb 10, 2020West of Eden is a flawed album, a patchy album, and an album with some really bad lyrics in it. But nonetheless a very fun record. It might lose its magic quickly, as most of the thrill comes from the band’s willingness to skip from genre to genre, but every so often you can forget the flaws and get lost in the many worlds it tries to create.
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Feb 7, 2020What we’ve got now is a world full of millennials that have grown up to make art about these injustices. HMLTD have done just that, focusing their trials and tribulations through a magnifying glass to burn us mere ants. And oh, how I love a bit of self-immolation.