The Scene Between
by The Go! Team
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
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  1. The A.V. Club
    Mar 24, 2015
    91
    Despite his plunderphonic techniques, he’s a classic pop songwriter, and The Scene Between comes awfully close to being a classic pop album.
  2. Pretty Much Amazing
    Mar 24, 2015
    83
    All in all, Parton and his collaborators cumulate a muscular and even touching evocation of simply being rattled by the rush--happily.
  3. Spin
    Sep 18, 2015
    80
    Ian Parton's picked up Young Guv’s gauntlet and made the power-pop album of the year.
  5. Magnet
    Apr 15, 2015
    80
    The Scene Between is another breathless, time-collapsing rush of dayglo, retro, lo-fi indie spunk, cutting back on the hip-hop inflections, schoolyard chants and cut-and-paste sample collage to focus squarely on melody. [No. 119, p.55]
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  6. AllMusic
    Mar 27, 2015
    80
    The Scene Between isn't the Go! Team's best, but it is an impressive new start that consolidates most of their strengths in a bright shiny ball and sends the band shooting off in a brilliant new-ish direction.
  7. The Guardian
    Mar 26, 2015
    80
    A light, entertaining album.
  8. Mojo
    Mar 19, 2015
    80
    Kaleidoscopic yet reassuringly familiar to '80s indie fans. [Apr 2015, p.98]
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  9. Q Magazine
    Mar 17, 2015
    80
    It all works rather well. [Apr 2015, p.102]
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  10. The 405
    Apr 3, 2015
    75
    You will hear better records than The Scene Between this year; none will put a bigger smile on your face.
  11. The Line of Best Fit
    Mar 17, 2015
    75
    Parton did exactly as he set out to do, bridging a self-recognized gap in his songwriting habits to produce a melodically dense record packed with insatiable hooks with minimal sacrifice to the band's signature sense of nostalgia-infused momentum.
  12. Pitchfork
    Mar 23, 2015
    72
    It’s a cohesive listen that doesn't quite translate into a cohesive statement of purpose.
  13. Exclaim
    Mar 24, 2015
    70
    A Go! Team album that works by evoking their past yet looking optimistic towards the future.
  14. Uncut
    Mar 17, 2015
    70
    If it all seems a little too familiar, the hooks here are undeniable. [Apr 2015, p.76]
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  15. New Musical Express (NME)
    Mar 17, 2015
    70
    Frenzied excitement still prevails.
  16. Clash Music
    Mar 30, 2015
    60
    The Scene Between is a happy remedy to a cynical industry and scary, un-groovy world. One listen and you'll be transported back to your teens--when some sunshine and a little dance would cure all.
  17. PopMatters
    Mar 26, 2015
    60
    If the Go! Team’s first three records felt a bit like mainlining sugar water, The Scene Between, with its narrower palate and less daring adventurism, is even more sticky sweet.
  18. Billboard.com
    Mar 23, 2015
    60
    It all sounds amazing on the first couple of listens, but the wheat (songs like the title track and “Did You Know?”) separates quickly from the chaff. Regardless, The Scene Between opens up a whole new lane for an artist that would have been easy to write off.
  19. DIY Magazine
    Mar 23, 2015
    60
    It’s got moments of music that sound like life. And when the songwriting is interesting and the melodies evocative, what you need is something to keep up what they’ve built.
  20. Consequence
    Mar 17, 2015
    58
    If the record lacks the spunk and originality of past releases, then it more than makes up for it with the breadth of delightful hooks that flow through each song.
  21. Rolling Stone
    Apr 6, 2015
    50
    These saccharine tunes and too-cute melodies could desperately use some of the band's old abrasive edge.

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