• Record Label: Sub Pop
  • Release Date: Jun 2, 2015
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Negative: 0 out of 11
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  1. Mojo
    Jun 10, 2015
    80
    The 6ft 5in, broad-shouldered Gibson finally sounds the part. [Jul 2015, p.90]
  2. Uncut
    Jun 3, 2015
    80
    Singular and unsettlingly sophisticated. [Jul 2015, p.76]
  3. Carnation restores some of the eerie, discombobulated feel of his debut.
  4. Jun 4, 2015
    70
    It may take some perseverance to get on board here with Gibson’s vision--but, if you achieve that, then you’ll be rewarded with a record that’s as beguiling as it is strange.
  5. Jun 2, 2015
    70
    If there’s any minor quibble, it’s that Carnation stacks its front half with the hits, leaving the second bit a bit anemic.
  6. Jun 2, 2015
    70
    If it often gets over on mood rather than message, Gibson turns out to be an impressively good mood guy, and the production (by Gibson and Randall Dunn) gets the details right, making Carnation sound like a middle-of-the-night album for a man whose sense of style is matched only by his knack for poor choices.
  7. Jun 9, 2015
    65
    Carnation is at its best when Gibson unabashedly embraces his eccentricities.

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