With a Hammer
by Yaeji
  • Record Label: XL
  • Release Date: Apr 7, 2023
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 17
  3. Negative: 2 out of 17
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  1. noname0
    Apr 26, 2023
    0
    In its refusal to sound anything original , ‘With A Hammer’ is NOT a breath of fresh air: not nnovative while lacklusterly cool, a borint window into the future. Its idiosyncrasies, inconsistently and awful oxymorons are its greatest weakness.
  2. leogarcia132002
    May 22, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's an amazing album but it starts to drift in sound when you get closer to the last part.… Expand

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Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Pitchfork
    Apr 10, 2023
    85
    Half of rage is confronting the sorrow that births it and watching it metamorphize. Witnessing the chrysalis is With a Hammer’s most generous gift.
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  2. The Observer (UK)
    Apr 10, 2023
    80
    This 13-track album is a more emphatic, even angry work charting her emotional evolution [than mixtape What We Drew].
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  3. Resident Advisor
    Apr 7, 2023
    80
    It traces Yaeji's emotional development, coming to terms with anger and resentment she had suppressed as a child—a period that she channels into her charged and surprisingly bracing new LP.
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