Smilewound

múm - Smilewound
Critic Score
Based on 15 reviews
2013 Ratings: #529 / 1115
User Score
Based on 25 ratings
Liked by 1 person
September 9, 2013 / Release Date
LP / Format
Morr / Label
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
The 405

Seen in the wider context of their career as a whole, the album may be viewed as an oddity, but a sparse approach works wonders;

70
Drowned in Sound

Smilewound, their sixth studio album, reinforces that more traditional pop structures surely here to stay, but you still couldn’t call them a pop band.

70
musicOMH

While some established fans may find Smilewound not quite to their usual taste, there’s no doubt it’s a subtle but significant step forward for a group that looked to be in danger of running out of ideas. 

57
Pitchfork

It's remarkable that an album with so much fast, dynamic percussion still has such a lugubrious pace, which makes all the sharp details drift by in an indistinct mass.

tha138
60

It is now clear that the collective has completed its first expressive cycle and is indulging in repetitions that may be useful to them but uncomfortable for the outside world.

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Track List

  1. Underwater Snow
  2. When Girls Collide
  3. Slow Down
  4. Candlestick
  5. One Smile
  6. Eternity Is the Wait Between Breaths
  7. The Colorful Stabwound
  8. Sweet Impressions
  9. Time to Scream and Shout
  10. Whistle w/ Kylie Minogue
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Added on: August 30, 2013