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Rewild
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 15 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 13 votes
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Album Info
Label: Shangri-La Music
Release Date: 23 June 2009
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Rock
Summary
The debut full-length album for the Brooklyn quintet.
Also On The Web: Official Artist Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Urb
Needless to say, for a band only formed in January 2008, not only is this release very ambitious, but also well meticulously well crafted.
Read Full Review >Uncut
A frequently startling record of no little beauty--which threatens to launch a new, esoteric generation of Williamsburg wonders.
Read Full Review >Dot Music
There's a gleefully fluid rock'n'roll dynamic driving this whole record, more evocative of modern-day US psychedelic reprobates The Dandy Warhols or The Brain Jonestown Massacre, rather than students trying to be clever.
Read Full Review >Drowned In Sound
All of the time, Will Roan's vocal proves to be the most engaging aspect of Rewild, even at its least explosive.
Read Full Review >Under The Radar
Rewild shimmers like the best T. Rex tracks and rip through the raw power of acid rock during its 47 minute running time. [Summer 2009, p.64]
Spin
Roan coaxes with an almost deliriously euphoric art-rock swagger, while O'Connor infuses every track with hedonistic energy. Amazing Baby are desperate to dazzle--and they often do.
Read Full Review >Pitchfork
Rewild is how an average debut album should pan out. It might outstrip its ambition and wear its influences too blatantly, but Amazing Baby could be something special once it all clicks.
Read Full Review >Q Magazine
Nearly, but not quite. [Jul 2009, p.117]
Rolling Stone
'Roverfrenz,' an airy synth fantasia with Animal Collective-ish percussion, gets by on neato textures instead of sharp tunes. In general, Rewild could use a little more of the latter, but who has time for that when you're knee-deep in giant guitars and weird ambient vocalizations?
Read Full Review >The Guardian
Everything from Pulpish glam to pastoral psychedelia is given the multicoloured makeover, and yet for all its grandiosity, there's something slightly unsatisfying about Rewild.
Read Full Review >Mojo
Results vary, froma plodding, Kasbian-like 'Deeripper' to the charmingly labyrinthine 'Headdress,' which is so fresh it feels like the genuine article. [Jul 2009, p.96]
musicOMH.com
Rewild is a decent debut album with enough promise to justify keeping a watchful eye for the future.
Read Full Review >New Musical Express (NME)
The band batter you around the head with the kitchen sink in an attempt to get you to sit up and take notice, sometimes to the point where it simply gives you a headache.
Read Full Review >NOW Magazine
It’s all very lush and fabulous, but also restrained and calculated to the point of coldness. If that’s intentional, they’ve pulled it off, but not necessarily to the album’s benefit.
Read Full Review >PopMatters
Rewild isn’t an amazing recording, but it is an ambitious one, if supernaturally shallow.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 5.0 (out of 10) based on 13 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Helen B gave it a10:
Rewild is sophisticated, beautiful, mesmerizing. The more you listen, the more levels you find. Stunning.
tom s gave it a10:
Cosmic wonder.
Patrick M gave it a10:
This band is great!
