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Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Negative: 0 out of 10
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  1. Mojo
    Jun 18, 2013
    80
    For all the grey matter on display, this is a Technicolor record. [Jul 2013, p.94]
  2. Jun 13, 2013
    100
    All told, Saltwater's the most refreshing indie pop LP since Sufjan Stevens' Illinois.
  3. Jun 10, 2013
    63
    Saltwater is a pretty record and the songs are clearly heavy with personal significance, but it was almost better when they were a little rough around the edges.
  4. Jun 6, 2013
    60
    If Brazos can focus on their strengths, they have the potential to make a pleasant, summery mark on pop music.
  5. Jun 5, 2013
    70
    Saltwater is an album that is eccentric on its own terms, which is to say off-kilter but charmingly so.
  6. Uncut
    May 28, 2013
    80
    Rare and enchanting understatement in a brash and gaudy world. [Jun 2013, p.69]
  7. 75
    With Saltwater but as a difficult second album goes, this is a total breeze rather than a mainsail-battering ocean storm.
  8. May 28, 2013
    60
    Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and White Denim's D are examples of similar-sounding albums that successfully pushed the respective bands outside their comfort zones, and Saltwater takes Brazos to a new plateau in the same way.
  9. May 28, 2013
    60
    Overall however, listening to Saltwater you realise that, while the album contains nothing seriously off-putting, you grow tired of Brazos’ style when listening to it.
  10. May 28, 2013
    80
    There's a lovely, skittering energy to the second album from Brazos, a restlessness that reflects the band's fitful existence.

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