Years to Burn
by Calexico
  • Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Jun 14, 2019
User Score
5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 2 out of 9
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  1. JaneMetascore
    Dec 18, 2019
    0
    These are poor excuses for songs. This crap just sits there in the background and I'm sick of it. This crap has clearly lost its religion and is no longer good. If there are Jazz moments here it's bad as Jazz. As experimental music, this album is a failed experiment. When something extra comes up in this music it for the worse, it is bad. This music lacks any sense of humor and is bad forThese are poor excuses for songs. This crap just sits there in the background and I'm sick of it. This crap has clearly lost its religion and is no longer good. If there are Jazz moments here it's bad as Jazz. As experimental music, this album is a failed experiment. When something extra comes up in this music it for the worse, it is bad. This music lacks any sense of humor and is bad for comedy. This music is distracting the music industry from more deserving artists who deserve a shot, and that's too bad.… Collapse
  2. Sulzle
    Jun 14, 2019
    8
    Great album that intermixes the more folky sounds with far different experimental sounds. This contrast is what makes the album special, but the order in which the album is constructed does not necessarily support this idea.

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Under The Radar
    Jul 10, 2019
    70
    While these songs drift, smoke-like, through the air with a similar quiet, hushed beauty, there's nothing on that quite matches the majesty of that first collaboration's title-track. ... Nevertheless, there are some moments of sublime and almost magic tenderness here.
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  2. PopMatters
    Jun 19, 2019
    70
    Calexico and Iron & Wine don't just catch either other on falls – they push each other higher, a rewarding experience and hopefully an argument for not waiting another 15 years for a reunion.
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  3. Dusted Magazine
    Jun 18, 2019
    80
    The songs feel pared back and polished and just about exactly right, whether in the gospel-swelling idiom of Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam or in the jazzier, more experimental haunts of Calexico. There’s nothing extra, nothing silly, nothing distracting, these songs are as streamlined as an otter in water, slipping through in cool, frictionless purity.
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