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MojoFeb 2, 2016A sense of growth, impermanence and yearning runs through these songs. [Mar 2016, p.96]
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Jan 26, 2016Apart from a few tonal blips (Taken By The Tide may well be a smuggled-in Band of Horses track, and 1985’s piano ballad proves an idling mid-point), Curve... is a remarkably slick experience.
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Jan 26, 2016Curve of the Earth isn’t a complete rebound--there are too many fumbles, too many eye-rolls. But in its fits of brilliance, Mystery Jets reclaim their throne as rock’s savviest copycats.
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Jan 22, 2016The influences are certainly varied, and harsher critics might suggest a lack of editorial control--a perfect example being Blood Red Balloon, which manages to recall both Grizzly Bear and Toto. Only Saturnine manages to resist the temptation to explode, and is the freshest track as a result (albeit with a guitar break that evokes Brian May). Regardless of such artistic concerns, it sounds like it may be the album to propel Mystery Jets to commercial success.
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Jan 14, 2016There are flashes of brilliance.
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Feb 16, 2016All in all, Curve of the Earth comes across a little on the self-indulgent side, and although most bands evolve and move on from past successes, over-complicating things can lead to that band losing their sense of character and identity.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 14
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Mixed: 5 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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Feb 2, 2016
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Jan 17, 2016