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The False Foundation Image
Metascore
65

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews What's this?

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6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

  • Summary: The 10th full-length studio release for the British experimental band was self-produced.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. 70
    On TFF, NIN and Cab-Volt industrialism nag at Rileyesque rave while referencing The Beatles’ Because. Clever.
  2. Uncut
    Oct 25, 2016
    70
    When their formula works, like on the Brian-Wilson-joins-Radiohead splendour of "Thousand Thoughts" or the soul-weary, sci-fi lullaby "Blue Faces," they can sound untouchable. The lush, mechanised, bluesy trip-hop of "Driving Nails" and the sub-Underworld shouty gallop of "Stay Tribal" are diverting enough, too. But Archive's blind spot is a fondness for graceless pomp-rock. [Dec 2016, p.23]
  3. Oct 25, 2016
    60
    A sequence of aural art installations carved out of sound, a Tate Modern exhibition mounted on a shiny disc, spacious and sparse, repetitive and insistent, haunting and inspired. That makes it disjointed perhaps, but that’s just the diverse nature of its multiple outlooks.
  4. Nov 29, 2016
    60
    Despite some truly exciting and vital moments, The False Foundation struggles to cohere into a cogent statement befitting of a legitimately scary political moment.
  5. Mojo
    Oct 25, 2016
    60
    On the minus side, The False Foundation lacks an overarching character, so plays out like a soundtrack or compilation. [Nov 2016, p.89]
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. Sep 11, 2019
    8
    really great album. Underrated unfortunatly . It's one of their best...the songs blend together well, the whole album is just awesome, crispreally great album. Underrated unfortunatly . It's one of their best...the songs blend together well, the whole album is just awesome, crisp and really ARCHIVE like. Expand