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Jul 11, 2011Overall, If Not Now, When? is the sound of Incubus coming of age. It's not particularly experimental nor is it completely straightforward but it is concise and a risk that's paid off.
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Jun 30, 2011It's a worthwhile reinvention, but a little more noise wouldn't have hurt, either.
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Dec 6, 2011The end result is an album on a shaded, comfortable grayscale, music that's suitably mature yet sidesteps stultifying notions of middlebrow class.
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Jul 12, 2011Stabbing steadily at the status quo, these songs are a matured balance between art and pop.
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Jul 8, 2011To say this album is a complete miss would be unfair. In reality, it's a great band reaching for a completely different horizon, all with hints of their previous selves.
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Jul 8, 2011As a temporary deviation from Incubus's core sound, If Not Now, When? is satisfactory.
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Jul 6, 2011On the band's seventh studio album, Incubus fully embrace surf-bum balladry.
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Jul 14, 2011Incubus retain some of their early, macabre nerdiness (the harmony-bedecked "Tomorrow's Food" reminds us of our dirt-bound mortality), but, for all the energy, the melodies fail to ignite.
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Jul 5, 2011If Not Now, When? is frustrating in many ways, chiefly because it feels like a step in the wrong direction for a band that can still pen enthralling tunes.
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Jul 28, 2011They're no longer teetering on the edge anymore; with this record, Boyd and Co. just fell hard.
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Alternative PressJul 6, 2011This is an album aimed at minivan-driving moms who saw Incubus live a decade ago, but the boneheaded lyrical cliches and nap-inducing arrangements are likely to bore even them. [Aug 2011, p.114]
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Jul 8, 2011After half a decade away, If Not Now, When? really does feel like a misstep. Hopefully a little creative control can be wrestled away from Boyd in the future, otherwise a much under-rated band really could be lost forever.
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Kerrang!Jul 29, 2011If Not Now, When? is the work of a group who in their attempts to sound all grown-up come across as being worn-down and played out. [16 Jul 2011, p.50]
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Jul 12, 2011The 2011 incarnation of Incubus is a depressingly dull and sterile proposition and, really, we wouldn't wish these bland wet blanket anthems on anyone.
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Jul 15, 2011It seems as though the band has completely forgotten to keep up with music in the years they've been off, instead producing some of the most banal songs by any rock band in recent memory.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 32 out of 63
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Mixed: 20 out of 63
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Negative: 11 out of 63
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