It's All Just Pretend
by Ivan & Alyosha
Metascore
69

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
Buy Now
Buy on
  1. AllMusic
    May 6, 2015
    80
    Throughout, It's All Just Pretend is infectious, warm, and bright, offering positive but not airheaded guitar tunes for a melodic, feel-good fix.
  2. Paste Magazine
    May 6, 2015
    75
    It’s All Just Pretend offers a steady balance of romanticism and reality, even if the music doesn’t stray past safe styles.
  3. PopMatters
    May 15, 2015
    70
    It’s All Just Pretend is, at its name implies, a generally unassuming effort overall.
  5. American Songwriter
    May 6, 2015
    70
    The sheer quality of the songwriting and performances were sharpened and refined over many months yielding a set that’s impressively catchy and immediately satisfying.
  6. Blurt Magazine
    May 19, 2015
    60
    Though it may not be perfect from start to finish, there is plenty to like about It’s All Just Pretend and serves as a great argument that the band is much more than just another neo folk also-ran.
  7. Uncut
    May 6, 2015
    50
    Writing separately, frontman Rim Wilson and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Carbury have come up with material that falls between the Broadway musical and the motivational speech. [Jun 2015, p.77]
    All this publication's reviews

User Reviews

All reviews »

There are no user reviews yet.