| Modern Fiction | ||||
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| Released | October 1, 2021 | |||
| Genre | Jangle pop [1] | |||
| Length | 29:46 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Carpark | |||
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Modern Fiction is the debut full-length album by Canadian indie rock duo Ducks Ltd. The album received positive reviews from critics.
According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Modern Fiction received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 84 out of 100 from 5 critic scores. [2]
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Fred Thomas writing that this album is a "mission statement" that builds on a jangle pop but the band "injects their own perspectives—both lyrical and compositional—into Modern Fiction, giving the songs personal angles and emotional color that place them very much in the now". [3] Exclaim! 's Alex Hudson rated this release a 9 out of 10, stating that the album's songs range from "very good" to "sublime" and that the duo have worked their sound into "a flawless science". [1] Ben Lynch of The Line of Best Fit rated this release a 7 out of 10, calling it "an invigorating and intensely rewarding release" that mixes happy and sad emotions, with "a consistent, latent sense of melancholy". [4] At No Ripcord , Juan Edgardo Rodriguez scored Modern Fiction an 8 out of 10, comparing the music to Georgie Best and exhorting listeners to "let their addictive mechanical drum beats and effervescent melodies shake off those bittersweet thoughts". [5] Mike Goldsmith scored this work 3 out of 5 stars for Record Collector , calling it "more than the sum of its parts" for combining several decades-old points of reference with complex lyrics. [6] Editors at Spill Magazine chose this as a pick and critic Ljubinko Zivkovic rated it 9 out of 10, summing up that "McGreevy and Lewis seem to have both the songwriting, singing, and instrumental touch to make such a sound really work", resulting in "excellent stuff. [7]
All songs written by Evan Lewis and Tom McGreevy.
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