Asphalt Meadows

2022, Sep 16

Apple Spotify Bandcamp Indie Rock 97 Highly Rated Atlantic Records Indieheads 410 Pitchfork 7.4/10 The Line of Best Fit 7/10 NME 4/5 Paste 7.6/10 Dork 3/5 DIY 4/5 All Music 4.5/5 The Skinny 4/5 Exclaim! 8/10 Gigwise 8/10 Under The Radar 9.0/10 Mojo 4/5 Pop Matters 8/10 Northern Transmissions 9.0/10 Spectrum Culture 55% music OMH 3.5/5 Beats Per Minute 74% Sputnikmusic 3.7/5 The Telegraph 4/5 Uncut 7/10

Pitchfork 7.4/10 At last, the band’s 10th album restores their creative momentum. If the songs don’t feel as lived-in, at least they unlock the repressed memory of what it was like to be deeply moved by Death Cab for Cutie.

The Line of Best Fit 7/10 Death Cab For Cutie hone in on their status as purveyors of emotionally charged indie while adding flourishes to keep the beating heart of it all alive on Asphalt Meadows

NME 4/5 10 albums and 25 years into their career, the Washington indie veterans return mature and assured but loaded with that early melodic magic

DIY 4/5 A record that finds its voice in emerging into musical freedoms found in separation.

The Skinny 4/5 The Washington quintet’s tenth album is a reflective collation of calmness and chaos in an ever-changing world.

Under The Radar 9.0/10 Death Cab for Cutie’s 10th studio album Asphalt Meadows represents a return to the band’s classic sound, most strongly resembling 2000’s We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes and 2011’s Codes and Keys.

Pop Matters 8/10 Death Cab for Cutie show their place in the indie rock pantheon on 'Asphalt Meadows' while also producing music deserving of consideration with some of their best early work.

The Telegraph 4/5 The folk troubadour reveals a dark secret, Noah Cyrus goes country, Suede want you to stomp and yell, BLACKPINK are on top of the world