Hit the Waves

The Mary Onettes - Hit the Waves
Critic Score
Based on 8 reviews
2013 Ratings: #946 / 1115
User Score
Based on 10 ratings
Liked by 1 person
March 12, 2013 / Release Date
LP / Format
Labrador / Label
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CRITIC REVIEWS

75
Under the Radar

The album is an undoubtedly fine affair. One just sometimes wishes Ekström might cheer up a bit.

60
PopMatters

The songs so consistently mine the same material that it starts feeling like a portrait of our era as a deeply sad one, where lost souls abound.

60
The 405

The band clearly have the chops to do better, there are moments that prove that here, but they just need to move past this obsession with Robert Smith and go back to brandishing their own ideas.

60
DIY

‘Hit The Waves’ offers little in way of innovation, an unthreatening album to Sigur Ros and The Knife’s releases later this year, but The Mary Onettes are perfectly happy to look backwards.

50
Consequence of Sound

That tension between style and content creates a few engaging moments, but doesn’t offer much for listeners who haven’t already subscribed to the band’s ’80s rehash.

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Track List

  1. Intro
  2. Evil Coast
  3. Hit the Waves
  4. Years
  5. Don't Forget (To Forget About Me)
  6. Black Sunset
  7. Blues
  8. Can't Stop the Aching
  9. Unblessed
  10. How It All Ends

Year End Lists

#74/Under the Radar
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Added on: March 14, 2013