Morning Phase

metacritic

fantano

While the more slow, syrupy side of Beck's discography appeals to many, it never has to me. Morning Phase shows beck returning to the stomping grounds of albums like Mutations and Sea Change, but with instrumentation and tunes that are far more uninteresting.

pitchfork

On Morning Phase, Beck returns to the style and form of his 2002 singer-songwriter record Sea Change. Instead of a much-needed daring comeback statement, it feels more like a pointed exhale.

rollingstone

consequence

The artist reprises his acoustic troubadour persona for the first time in over a decade