Mirror Eye

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Mirror Eye
Psychic Ills - Mirror Eye.jpg
Studio album by
Release dateJanuary 20, 2009 (2009-01-20)
Length43:47
Label The Social Registry
Psychic Ills chronology
Early Violence
(2006)
Mirror Eye
(2009)
Hazed Dream
(2011)
Singles from Mirror Eye
  1. "Mantis"
    Released: January 14, 2009
  2. "Eyes Closed"
    Released: February 27, 2009

Mirror Eye is the second studio album by American rock band Psychic Ills. It was released on January 20, 2009, by the Social Registry.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 61/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork 1.4/10 [3]
PopMatters 6/10 [4]
Prefix7.5/10 [5]
Slant Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Tiny Mix Tapes TMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT empty.svgTMT empty.svg [7]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 61 based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1] Jennifer Kally of Dusted stated that "[t]he balance – between groove and experiment, organic and synthetic sound – shifts constantly on this very strong album, sometimes prodding listeners to think, other times comforting them with familiar sounds and, occasionally, overwhelming them with ephemeral beauty." [8]

Track listing

Mirror Eye track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Mantis"10:47
2."Meta"4:20
3."Sub Synth"2:09
4."Eyes Closed"3:10
5."I Take You As My Wife Again"9:35
6."Fingernail Tea"5:52
7."The Way Of"4:52
8."Go to the Radio"2:43
Total length:43:47

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References

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