- Artist
- Sigur Rós
- Album
- Kveikur
Early reviews. Based on 5 critics so far. The Breakdown will settle as more outlets weigh in.
| The gist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| musicOMH | 4.5/5 | 90 | “What is bound to be the most popular talking point about Sigur Rós’s new album Kveikur is the band’s ability to take a musical trend – the increasing” |
| Beats Per Minute | 84% | 84 | “Music News, Reviews, Interviews, Videos and MP3s” |
| PopMatters | 8/10 | 80 | “Short of a Scott Walker-esque turn for the bleakly absurd, Kveikur ("Candlewick") will probably be as dark as Sigur Rós will ever get. Melancholy and anger” |
| Spectrum Culture | 4.0/5 | 80 | “[xrr rating=4.0/5]The folks behind Sigur Rós describe Kveikur as “more aggressive” than their earlier work and there are new sonic elements of industrial grinding and swells of chaotic noise, but…” |
| Slant | 4/5 | 80 | “Kveikur is a more pointed effort, stripped of the lavish, often self-serving production the band indulged in the past.” |
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How the Breakdown works
Every outlet’s score is converted to 0–100 (2/5 is 40, 5.9/10 is 59, a B+ is 88) and averaged. Grades follow the B-Side scale: A is 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69, F below 60. Critics who liked it is the share of outlets that scored it 75 or higher; the Breakdown shows green at 75 and up, red below. Divisiveness asks a different question: not whether critics liked it, but how close their scores are to each other. Five critics who all give it 50 are Unanimous, even though none of them liked it. The labels run Unanimous, Broad agreement, Some debate, Divided, and Contentious. Replay rate comes from listeners, not critics: yes counts fully, a few tracks counts half, no counts zero. The gist quotes each outlet’s own summary of its review. Scores marked est. come from reviews that publish no number.
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