Colors

Rolling Stone - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's a brilliant attempt to reckon with -- and put his own stamp on -- modern pop in the late 2010s. The result is his most straight-ahead fun album since the Nineties." Spin - "'Dear Life' is a remarkably accurate pastiche of late-period Elliott Smith, right down to the honky-tonk piano and deliberate, stinging guitar solos. The booming psych-pop of 'Dreams' bests Foster the People at their own game..." Magnet - "[T]he swaggering, WHITE ALBUM-ish 'Dear Life' finds Beck, the lyricist, in an existential mood, with 'No Distraction' racing from behind to essay life's dead-end dilemmas." NME (Magazine) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "COLORS is by far Beck's most upbeat and enjoyable record from front to back since the '90s. Repeated listens will no doubt be rewarded." Paste (magazine) - "[I]t's a jovial psychedelic mixture of `60s rock, `80s synth pop and modern electronic that, like many of its predecessors, finds Beck channeling the current musical zeitgeist while also maintaining his trademark sensibilities and personality." Clash (Magazine) - "There are plenty of hooks and the pace rarely relents..."