Critical reception
Madra received a score of 74 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on seven critics' reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception. [1] Uncut stated that "Newdad's first full-length shows them expanding on their indie-pop roots, adding extra gnarly, post-punk bite and more sophisticated textures to their updated mix of The Cure, Slowdive and Curve". [5] John Earls of Record Collector wrote that "as singer, Dawson channels a quiet despair in the more vulnerable 'Nosebleed', but it's the defiant full-throated charge elsewhere that's likely to see NewDad emerge as festival favourites". [4]
Reviewing the album for NME , Huw Baines felt that "while NewDad might not be as structurally inventive as the power-pop-indebted Hotline TNT or as heavy as the nu-gaze-leaning Fleshwater, they are perhaps more streamlined and together, which counts for plenty". [3] DIY 's Emma Swann called it "a shame that Madra is so back-loaded", writing that "no doubt these songs will triumph when performed live, but as a record, Madra isn't quite it". [2]
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