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8.4
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8.4 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
This could be the group’s strongest offering to date, and it’s a noticeable few steps outside of their comfort zone. Here’s to hoping that they continue to wander astray
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8.0
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8.0 |
Q
Fever Dream is a dizzying rush of exuberance and emotion. Print edition only
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8.0
112589
8.0 |
All Music
With Fever Dream, Of Monsters and Men took a chance and rediscovered their creativity, embarking in a colorful and bold direction without sacrificing their heart and soul in the process
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7.0
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7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
There’s a confidence mixed with fragility, like a band born again. They’re not all the way there, but there’s no doubt – the climax is coming
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7.0
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7.0 |
God Is In The TV
The arrangements aren’t as complex as those on the previous album, which does make it more accessible
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7.0
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7.0 |
Clash
Time will tell if Of Monsters & Men continue this creative process in the future but one this is certain, they aren’t happy to sit back and phone it in. And that should be applauded, even if the music doesn’t quite hit the lofty highs of their previous albums
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7.0
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7.0 |
PopMatters
Of Monsters and Men lose some uniqueness and quality jumping on a more commercial bandwagon, but their beloved singularity is mostly intact on Fever Dream
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6.3
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6.3 |
Paste Magazine
If, from start to finish, the whole record worked half as well as “Alligator,” it’d be a bold new chapter in Of Monsters and Men’s narrative. Years from now, we’ll probably just look back on it as a peculiarity instead
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Irish Times
Fever Dream retains that darkly whimsical electronica and earlier folk connection, and adds in what can only be described as stadium rock, with the results sometimes playful, but often limited and confused
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Independent
The Icelandic five-piece’s third album is unlikely to eclipse their biggest hit, but it is perfectly affable
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6.0
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6.0 |
NME
‘Fever Dream’ is perfectly listenable, but is missing the magic spark that made the Icelandic band a smash success when they first emerged
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5.0
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5.0 |
Exclaim
The album is fun and enjoyable, but it never really reaches what they are capable of as a dynamic group
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5.0
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5.0 |
DIY
Channelling zeitgeisty pop is by no means always a bad thing; but when omitting the earwormy choruses it needs - and removing your own personality in the process, it’s only ever going to fall a bit limp
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4.0
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4.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Fever Dream exists in a world all too familiar to anyone who’s listened to popular music over the past decade
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4.0
112563
4.0 |
Slant Magazine
The album streamlines the band’s roughhewn sound into a waxy, bland pop
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