User ratings in Music are temporarily disabled. More info
Good News Image
Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 6 Critic Reviews What's this?

User Score
tbd

No user score yet- Be the first to review!

  • Summary: The Scottish visual artist self-released EPs before catching the attention of producer Kramer and originally released this debut full-length album in the UK in 2009.
Buy Now
Buy on

Top Track

No Cigarettes
Think me and you could maybe use a lost weekend I've been losing all my friends I wave another empty bottle in your face, Like I'm hitting it... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. He surveys his doubt-ridden world with uneasy resolve and disillusioned, self-deprecating wit.
  2. Dec 7, 2011
    90
    Good News is an immediately infectious work.
  3. 88
    Good News is the sound of a gifted writer declaring his humanity in all its filthy, fucked-up glory.
  4. Mojo
    Dec 7, 2011
    80
    At times on this impressive debut Dan Willson's alter ego attains the celestial lustre of that holy grail of lapsed evangelical folk nouveau, the first Palace Brothers album. [March 2010]
  5. Dec 7, 2011
    80
    You'll probably find yourself spinning Good News quite often, as it becomes more and more pleasant with each listen.
  6. Dec 7, 2011
    70
    His tunes are full of warm, woozy singsong charm.