HOMESHAKEBest HOMESHAKE Albums Ranked

Helium

thelineofbestfit

8.0

“Homeshake are otherworldly on new record Helium”

Fresh Air

exclaim

8.0

“Calm, cool and collected, Fresh Air is a record you'll have playing in the background while you light a candle, anticipating your lover's knock at the door--or something like that.”

Fresh Air

pitchfork

7.3

“Peter Sagar is a former guitarist for Mac DeMarco, and his charms are not dissimilar from DeMarco’s own. Here, he incorporates yacht rock and R&B tropes for a thrift store synth-pop sound.”

Under the Weather

loudandquiet

7.0

““Eerily prescient” has been used countless times to describe music produced pre-Covid that carries with it an air of loneliness and isolation. The dismal depression that countless people suffered through during lockdown was a reality for Canadian artist Peter Sagar aka Homeshake pre-pandemic. Produced in collaboration with Lucas Nathan of Jerry Papers, Under the Weather is stitched together by Hom”

Helium

loudandquiet

7.0

“Homeshake’s fourth album doesn’t get off to a strong start. I’ll be honest: I have a problem with instrumental album openers. There’s no need to open your record with a minute and a half of musical noodling. Stick it somewhere in the middle, by all means, but don’t go there right out of the gate. It’s an age old vendetta, so it says a lot that ‘Helium’ easily makes up for this foible. After the s”

Helium

exclaim

7.0

“Artists are often easing into the perks of a more established industry presence by their fourth album — access to better studios and equipment, maybe a big-name producer on board — but Montreal's Homeshake (aka Pete Sagar) continues to walk his own humble path, recording Helium (like 2017's Fresh Air) by himself in his apartment.   It's a choice that suits Sagar's take on indie R&B nicely however:”