Howlin

Jagwar Ma - Howlin
Critic Score
Based on 17 reviews
2013 Ratings: #177 / 1115
User Score
Based on 142 ratings
2013 Rank: #155
Liked by 3 people
June 10, 2013 / Release Date
LP / Format
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
NME

The best – and simplest – trick Jagwar Ma have pulled off is delivering an album with no rubbish on it.

80
Drowned in Sound

The accomplished sonic collages of Howlin' finely balance Jagwar Ma's influences and in doing so transcends into something singularly thrilling and cohesive.

80
The Line of Best Fit

Howlin is the kind of record designed for the live setting, as it’s just impossible to have the kind of party you’d need to fully appreciate it alone in your bedroom 

80
DIY

'Howlin' works impeccably as a whole. Equally uplifting and calming, it's the dancefloor via the beach. 

80
The 405

The duo find ways to keep things interesting even they're at their most straightforward, and it's this that makes Howlin such a fascinating album.

80
musicOMH

Howlin is an intoxicating first showing from a band with bags of potential and, although it loses its way somewhat towards the end, it is brimming with the confidence of a vastly more experienced band.

77
Pitchfork

It’s silly enough to cause skepticism and charming enough to make you wonder what kind of scrutiny Screamadelica or Thrills, Pills & Bellyaches would meet if they were released in 2013.

72
Beats Per Minute

The pastiche is overpowering at times, reminding you of too many acts plus one, but Jagwar Ma’s happy-go-lucky brashness is irresistible.

70
Under the Radar

Their debut album Howlin continues to burrow into the baggy aesthetic, delivering luminously lit melodies led by anagogic lyrical structures. 

70
Consequence of Sound

These inconsistencies  wind up making Howlin’ somewhat of a hit or miss affair. But the hits are so strong that you won’t mind trudging through a few missteps along the way. 

Doofy
73

Somewhere between Primal Scream and Tame Impala...but strangely I think I prefer this to most Primal Scream and Tame Impala.

noahb_
100

An album that never veers too far from the established canon of the post-Impala, but manages to overcome the hurdles of many of their contemporaries by melding all of the references into something refreshing. Lyrical loops, earworms galore, and a nonstop flow of good vibes, the first 8 tracks in particular ooze with energy. It's aged remarkably well, and their follow-up struggles to reach the altitude they touched with this.

thumbman
NR

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donnason
87

Did You Have To is beautiful..

thumbman
NR

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noahb_
100

An album that never veers too far from the established canon of the post-Impala, but manages to overcome the hurdles of many of their contemporaries by melding all of the references into something refreshing. Lyrical loops, earworms galore, and a nonstop flow of good vibes, the first 8 tracks in particular ooze with energy. It's aged remarkably well, and their follow-up struggles to reach the altitude they touched with this.

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Added on: April 24, 2013