Play Dead

Mutemath - Play Dead
Critic Score
Based on 1 review
User Score
Based on 39 ratings
Liked by 4 people
September 8, 2017 / Release Date
LP / Format
Wojtek / Label
Art Rock / Genre
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CRITIC REVIEWS

37
GIGsoup
It may not be a valid complaint that this album isn’t “catchy”, since alt-rock generally doesn’t shoot for that goal, but Mutemath aren’t really doing anything new here, and it seems they are trying very hard to make an acoustically interesting record, instead creating a clumsy layering of traditional rock and electronic augmentation that really misses the mark.
Antoz
83

A well made and overhated pop-rock album.

MAN
60

This album is incredibly hated. Why only a 37 by the critics?

PorkchopGMX
81

Mutemath attempt to fit in with the trends of the late 2010s, and we get a lot of cool stuff on here that we never saw before from them. Lyrics are more cryptic, the band is noodling at the end of songs this time, they incorporate a bit of modern pop production, heck Meany even sort of quasi-raps on one song. All of that is fun but the entire thing is definitely not as cohesive as their other stuff. Feels more like a transitional album imo, and it probably would've been if they didn't break up ... read more

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Track List

  1. Hit Parade
  2. Pixie Oaks
  3. Stroll On
  4. Break the Fever
  5. Nuisance
  6. Placed On Hold
  7. Everything's New
  8. War
  9. Achilles Heel
  10. Marching To the End
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Added on: September 8, 2017