Departing
by The Rural Alberta Advantage
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
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  1. Drowned In Sound
    May 3, 2011
    60
    The album never fully soars either imaginatively or musically, and for all the virtues of its crisp, bold path through the blood and ice of wherever Edenloff is in flight from – or towards – this means that it's a disappointment.
  2. Consequence
    Mar 4, 2011
    60
    Departing loses a great deal of what made its predecessor so rewarding. It's got the music down pat, but a skeleton doesn't make a person. While a surface-level listen to these songs is satisfying, they won't hold up for too long. Not with Mangum back in town, either.
  3. The Boston Phoenix
    Mar 23, 2011
    50
    Of all the possible directions the band could have taken, they decided on generic coffeehouse folk pop, with predictably pleasant-yet-dull results.

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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. timtimtim
    Sep 30, 2011
    8
    This album is intended to follow in the same path as Hometowns, it does, but its just not quite as good. North Star, Stamp, and a few otherThis album is intended to follow in the same path as Hometowns, it does, but its just not quite as good. North Star, Stamp, and a few other tunes are just as great as anything they've done before, the album as a whole just sort of feels like a slightly more mellow and cold version of this band. Definitely worth checking out though.… Full Review »
  2. ZacharyMatson
    Jul 10, 2011
    10
    One of the best albums I've heard in a very long time. It's nice to hear an album in which every song far exceeds your standards. I wouldOne of the best albums I've heard in a very long time. It's nice to hear an album in which every song far exceeds your standards. I would recommend this album to anybody who has a fancy for good old school feeling indie rock.… Full Review »
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