| Skiptracing | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Mild High Club |
| Cover: | Mild High Club - Skiptracing.jpg |
| Alt: | A crude painting of a man standing in a room with a piano and a table that has playing cards on it, with a kokopelli painted on the wall behind him |
| Genre: | Psychedelic pop |
| Language: | English |
| Label: | Stones Throw |
| Producer: | Alexander John Brettin |
| Prev Title: | Timeline |
| Prev Year: | 2015 |
| Next Title: | Sketches of Brunswick East |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
Skiptracing is the second studio album by American psychedelic pop band Mild High Club. The album has received positive reviews from critics.
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Paul Simpson writing that this album contains the "a welcoming brand of mellow, sun-soaked psychedelic pop" from 2015's Timeline, this work is "significantly more ambitious" for "a much fuller sound and a wider scope [that] takes more risks". At Clash Music, Noveen Bajpai rated this release a 7 out of 10, writing that the results are "mixed", but "Mild High Club have broken ground and laid new foundations with their most nuanced and exploratory material to date". A B− came from Jeremy Zerbe of Consequence of Sound, who called this work "almost overwhelming in its downtempo feel-goodery", critiquing that the music "falls prey to its own strengths, offering more of the same low-key, summertime vibes but never ultimately building up to anything". At Exclaim!, Cosette Schulz rated Skiptracing an 8 out of 10, calling the work "a pleasant escape" with "a cinematic feel, tinged with 1970s hues, jazzier moments and brief psychedelic spells". Pitchfork Media's Benjamin Schein rated Skiptracing a 6.8 out of 10, writing that the first three tracks are strongest, forming a "suite of tunes plays like a mini trashcan pop symphony", but going on to state that "the album loses steam in its second half, with an aimless instrumental and two 30 second interludes bookending the two most forgettable tunes". Christopher Laird of PopMatters gave Skiptracing a 5 out of 10, writing that "Skiptracing is the journey we get to take with Brettin and it’s a fine one overall . The tones are warm, the sequencing is great, and the songs are mostly solid." In Record Collector, this album received 4 out of 5 stars for "win[ning] the listener over within seconds" with music that is "truly lush, jazz-flecked and beautifully written" and comparable to The Beach Boys.
All songs written by Alexander Brettin.
Mild High Club
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