Like a Stone

Remember Sports - Like a Stone
Critic Score
Based on 6 reviews
2021 Ratings: #505 / 753
User Score
Based on 59 ratings
Liked by 9 people
April 23, 2021 / Release Date
LP / Format
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
AllMusic

Overall more ambitious, varied, and volatile than previous outings, Like a Stone still delivers sharp hooks while more artfully articulating messy emotions.

80
Under the Radar

Like a Stone continues to deliver on the band’s perennial promise of adrenaline-fueled melodic punk and passionate communal joy.

70
Rolling Stone
This fine Philly band delivers a rootsy indie-pop collection of sharply crafted twentysomething anthems (“Like a Stone”) and gorgeous slacker ballads (“Out Loud”).
70
God Is in the TV
It’s still as zen as a treble espresso poured onto a hangover and as pensive as an introvert in an over-thinking contest, but the narrative feels sturdier, more resilient – like it’s building foundations for a calmer future.
60
Dork
‘Like A Stone’ doesn’t reinvent the alt-rock wheel, but it effortlessly adds a few banging spokes to it in a very charming way.
Music_Nerds
60

Another good but not great indie release.

I like the songs, lyrics and songwriting itself and also the guitar tone but the vocals with those slight country inflections just aren’t my thing and the male backing vocals that show up at times don’t make it any better.

currentjoyys
81

FAVORITE TRACK: Like a Stone

LEAST FAVORITE TRACK: Materialistic

I really liked this record. I love the mix of the country twang with the traditional power-pop sound. I think the lad vocalist sounds great on this and brings life to these songs with her charm. She has a whiny voice that sounds familiar to midwest emo but works with this faintly country sound. These songs sound nostalgic, with tracks like Out Loud sounding like a song that would be in a 2000s movie. Odds Are and Clock have this ... read more

StaticKid
51

screw this band for reminding me that "Letters to Cleo" exists

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Track List

1Pinky Ring
3:18
100
2Coffee Machine
0:39
3Sentimentality
3:49
4Easy
3:32
5Eggs
2:48
6Materialistic
4:06
100
7Like a Stone
2:12
8Clock
3:05
9Falling Awake
1:48
10Flossie Dickie
2:24
11Out Loud
6:49
12Odds Are
3:18
Total Length: 37 minutes

Year End Lists

#96/Under the Radar
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Added on: February 10, 2021