Seasons of Your Day

Mazzy Star - Seasons of Your Day
Critic Score
Based on 25 reviews
2013 Ratings: #454 / 1115
User Score
Based on 154 ratings
2013 Rank: #258
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September 24, 2013 / Release Date
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
Northern Transmissions
With such an on again off again approach I couldn’t help but wonder if Mazzy Star’s new album would be a festival of hits and misses. Gladly, the album is nothing but one solid song after another resulting in what might possibly be the band’s strongest album to date.
90
Tiny Mix Tapes

Sandoval and her collaborators may never modify the melancholy torch that they bear, but they keep that fire masterfully for those of us who still have a yen for patient, no-frills sounds that happen to serve as a miracle balm.

85
The Line of Best Fit

There’s nothing particularly new here, nothing cutting edge, but there is beautiful, considered, genuine songwriting, and to greet such art with any kind of disdain would be nothing short of a travesty.

80
The Fly

The passing of time has barely altered core members Hope Sandoval and David Roback’s floaty, melancholic mood.

80
musicOMH

A lot can happen in 17 years, but one thing that doesn’t appear to have changed is Mazzy Star’s ability to produce beautiful, mesmerising tunes; there is less psychedelic fuzz than earlier efforts but the results are just as stunning.

80
NME

If there's progression, it lies in the record's sparsity – percussion and bass are a minimal presence throughout. The songs, however, still seep into the bloodstream.

80
AllMusic

In essence, the album is everything you could want, finding Mazzy Star older and wiser, but still as dreamy as ever.

80
SPIN

Mazzy Star steadfastly stick to their dusty, psych-folk, dream-pop tableaux on Seasons of Your Day. Yet it feels nothing like a '90s hangover; in fact, the touches of organ and pedal steel that open the album hint at Beach House's hazy indie-pop 

78
Pitchfork

If Mazzy Star have done amazingly well bringing back their initial sound and spirit, they also haven’t done anything to transcend its limitations. As gorgeous as the music can be, it still tends to work best in the background, a mood or vibe to give a dim room a nice tint. 

70
PopMatters
Its lyrical understatement and deliberately minimalist presentation may not excite newcomers, but those familiar with the languid delivery of Hope Sandoval and the teasing alternation of holding back and letting go that characterizes David Roback’s music, with and without his band mates, will recognize Mazzy Star’s perch between celestial elevation and shrouded descent.
61
Paste

Sure, Mazzy Star’s M.O. is a barely present, ghostly ambiance, better sometimes in the background, but after nearly 20 years, a return demands more than essentially being the musical equivalent of late-night Sportscenter, something best enjoyed while drifting in and out of sleep.

60
Drowned in Sound

Despite Mazzy Star sounding as good as they always have, Seasons Of Your Day only goes to show that the rest of the world has finally caught up with them.

50
Consequence of Sound

It’s about as confounding as it is disappointing, really: despite seeming to be on hiatus, David Roback claims the band “never stopped writing or recording” after 1996′s Among My Swan — which should prompt any fan to wonder how it took 17 years to generate such a sludgy, tired set as this. 

Houdanny
74

A pretty sweet comeback record for Hope and the gang, doesn’t have their most notable collection of tracks, but the cleaner production and slightly more accessible sound makes for a really therapeutic listen. They don’t miss.

Standout: Flying Low
Favs: Lay Myself down, California, Spoon, In the Kingdom, Common Burn
Least fav: I’ve gotta stop

ScoopTime
68

This album brings back a lot of feelings the original trio of albums brought me but I do also think there is some fluff stuffed into this album. This album leans more into folk then country to give off a more rusty and raw feel the album that mixes so beautifully with nostalgia. While this album isn't perfect I think there are a lot of great songs added to their catalog here like Common Burn and In the Kingdom. It's very hit or miss between being good or decent but I think it's a pretty even ... read more

Vespertwink
60

A love daughter from Lana Del Rey & Angel Olsen, however didn't inherit the highly exciting aspects of either of emʼ

InternetGuy
60

It's good but not my favourite. It's not groundbreaking, but it's certainly not forgettable either.

Vespertwink
60

A love daughter from Lana Del Rey & Angel Olsen, however didn't inherit the highly exciting aspects of either of emʼ

ScoopTime
68

This album brings back a lot of feelings the original trio of albums brought me but I do also think there is some fluff stuffed into this album. This album leans more into folk then country to give off a more rusty and raw feel the album that mixes so beautifully with nostalgia. While this album isn't perfect I think there are a lot of great songs added to their catalog here like Common Burn and In the Kingdom. It's very hit or miss between being good or decent but I think it's a pretty even ... read more

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Track List

1In the Kingdom
5:14
81
2California
5:23
80
3I’ve Gotta Stop
4:04
72
4Does Someone Have Your Baby Now?
4:08
70
5Common Burn
5:09
73
6Seasons of Your Day
3:41
73
7Lay Myself Down
4:31
72
8Sparrow
4:04
67
9Spoon
6:09
67
10Flying Low
7:36
71
Total Length: 50 minutes

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Added on: July 16, 2013