Stranger Things
by Yuck
  • Record Label: N/A
  • Release Date: Feb 26, 2016
User Score
6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
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  1. mgkelly
    Aug 21, 2016
    8
    Saw this band live a few years ago at a festival - Electric Picnic - in Ireland. They were very cool indeed. Also impressed with their first album. Great listening. Subsequently, heard this album and again, very impressed. Much better than the reviews on here, in my opinion. Lovely mix of a little touch of post-punk, mixed in with a wee bit of grunge and a large dollop of Dinosaur JrSaw this band live a few years ago at a festival - Electric Picnic - in Ireland. They were very cool indeed. Also impressed with their first album. Great listening. Subsequently, heard this album and again, very impressed. Much better than the reviews on here, in my opinion. Lovely mix of a little touch of post-punk, mixed in with a wee bit of grunge and a large dollop of Dinosaur Jr slacker cool.
    For me, the highlight is perhaps the song Cannonball that bombs along at a really rapid pace. Latter half of the album is a wee bit more refined, but I wouldn't like them to become too 'clean'. Just the right side of too smooth /clean.
    If you like Dinosaur Jr or Sonic Youth, you'll love this.    … Expand

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Metascore
62

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. Spin
    Apr 1, 2016
    70
    This third batch has something to prove, and Bloom makes the most of it, stutter-riffing his best Toadies impression on “Hearts in Motion” and sneaking the timeless gorgeousness of Sebadoh’s “Too Pure” into “Down.”
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  2. Magnet
    Mar 30, 2016
    80
    No, the London band is never going to be called innovative, but the gusto with which it approaches those naked influences of Dinosaur Jr, Pavement and Sonic Youth--and the craftsmanship with which it does so--cracks through our cynical shells. [No. 129, p.61]
  3. Austin Chronicle
    Mar 17, 2016
    40
    Yuck's sound soared from the start, each release sounding stellar--Stranger Things included--but a lack of novelty is rearing up.
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