Carrier

The Dodos - Carrier
Critic Score
Based on 22 reviews
2013 Ratings: #315 / 1115
User Score
Based on 42 ratings
Liked by 1 person
August 27, 2013 / Release Date
LP / Format
Polyvinyl / Label
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
Sputnikmusic

Carrier is sad, its melancholy almost oppressively palpable at times, but the Dodos refuse to wallow – if anything, Carrier is a learning experience in eleven songs. 

85
The Line of Best Fit

Carrier is a joy and we have an album that’s up there with the most moving and stirring records of 2013.

80
musicOMH

Carrier is a captivating listen, and it’s The Dodos’ best effort since Visiter.

80
PopMatters

Carrier is shocking in its own context. By the Dodos’ standards, it’s an album with a dark, enveloping tone rare to their discography, one that’s certainly never wormed its way into more than a few songs. 

80
No Ripcord

Carrier has an inexplicable way of wedging its way into your thoughts, but its solemn themes are never wrought with emotion.

80
Consequence of Sound

By contrasting downer themes of death/agony/alienation against an experimental angle, The Dodos cull authenticity from the ashes of heartache.

80
The Fly

The result is a collection of songs that really soar in a way that some previous material hasn’t.

79
Paste

The Dodos’ tried-and-true approach and execution is far too strong and compelling to abandon, but by amending it ever so slightly on Carrier, they’ve realized something worth documenting. And it’s certainly worth listening to.

75
A.V. Club

The two sides of the record sit uneasily beside each other, individually well executed but not quite congealing into the coherent sound the band is aiming for.

70
The 405

Carrier is without doubt The Dodos' most emotional and forthright album to date.

70
NME

This is a cut above your average US alt.art-rock, most notably on ‘Stranger’, which sounds like The Strokes doing The Shins.

68
Pitchfork

It’s the kind of record for the times when you’re lost in thought about someone you might’ve known for a little while, wondering where they are and if they ever think about you.

rosevean
75

#2 Substance, #3 Confidence, #5 Relief

CheapandLethal
65

Better stuff out there

MarkCooper
89

An initially run-of-the-mill indie album that, after some time, blooms into one of the genre's most interesting albums to come out in the last 10 years.

Unlike on their previous albums, Carrier has two main approaches that separate it from a normal indie album. The first is the abstract feel it gives off, between the often heavily-syncopated drums, and percussive guitar rhythms. This creates a very unique style that I am not used to hearing on a 2010's indie album. Usually "indie" ... read more

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Track List

  1. Transformer 
  2. Substance 
  3. Confidence 
  4. Stranger
  5. Relief
  6. Holidays
  7. Family
  8. The Current 
  9. Destroyer 
  10. Death
  11. The Ocean 

Year End Lists

#19/Sputnikmusic
#82/Under the Radar
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Added on: May 15, 2013