Songs For Imaginative People

Darwin Deez - Songs For Imaginative People
Critic Score
Based on 12 reviews
2013 Ratings: #954 / 1115
User Score
Based on 26 ratings
February 11, 2013 / Release Date
LP / Format
Lucky Number / Label
Indie Pop / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
musicOMH

The album is certainly imaginative, if not entirely coherent, and this is perhaps what makes the band a unique presence.

80
NME

Overall, the wheel-reinvention bit is largely irrelevant. What’s important in keeping this album’s head above water is that it still sounds like a rickety little adventure.

70
Drowned in Sound

The essence of what makes him unique and special remains, only the production values have crept up a notch.

70
The 405

Overall, Songs For Imaginative People gives us a darker shade of Darwin, which results in something that is less commercial and radio-friendly than his debut, but who gives a fuck about that? 

70
DIY

A lucid collection of stories and themes with layers and perceptible depth; produced and crafted unlike the primitive sounds of the debut which was largely single-paced with many songs sharing similar tempos.

60
The Fly

‘Songs For Imaginative People’, the second Darwin Deez record, is a natural progression from the first, as the band’s distinctively jangly, incessantly upbeat guitars are remodelled in increasingly eccentric ways. 

50
Pitchfork

Smith hasn't yet got the creative or musical chops to make a capital-A album, and completely shunning his naturally artless expression isn't the way to get there.

CadeGilbert
85

everyone listen to redshift right now. perfect song

TheRootBoy
83

It's a baffling shame this group didn't lift off after their underrated hit that was their self-titled. This album, Songs for Imaginative People, decides to steer clear into a separate route of pop music, completely unapologetic with it's spacey, dancy, and infectious all around. Not the exact sounds we heard from their debut, but all the less the same and just as intriguing.

steviedub
65

He is trying too hard to stop what he does best. That is being the youthful, sincere, awkward artist that he is. The lyrics and music don't hit as well as his debut. Darwin however is a really great dude.

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Track List

  1. (800) Human
  2. You Can't Be My Girl
  3. Moonlit 
  4. No Love
  5. Good To Lose
  6. Alice
  7. Redshift
  8. Free (The Editorial Me)
  9. All In The Wrist
  10. Chelsea's Hotel
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Added on: February 6, 2013