The False Alarms
Studio album by
Fol Chen
ReleasedMarch 19, 2013 (2013-03-19)
GenreElectro-pop
Length41:16
LabelAsthmatic Kitty Records
ProducerSamuel Bing, Julian Wass
Fol Chen chronology
Part II: The New December
(2010)		 The False Alarms
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. ClubB[3]
Consequence of SoundD[4]
Exclaim!8/10[5]
Pitchfork Media6.9/10[6]
PopMatters[7]
The Skinny[8]
The Washington Postfavorable[9]

The False Alarms is the third studio album by American electro-pop group Fol Chen.[9] It was released by Asthmatic Kitty Records on March 19, 2013.[7]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, The False Alarms received an average score of 70% based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]

Zach Kelly of Pitchfork Media gave The False Alarms a 6.9 out of 10, saying: "Detours into coldwave and seance-y Scandi-pop still feel like an attempt to steer things in a new direction, but the songs fall prey to the same kind of directionless, inertia-deprived trappings that helped sink Fol Chen's previous records."[6] Heather Phares of AllMusic said, "these songs are somewhat less enigmatic than before: the melodies are ever so slightly more direct, even though intricate arrangements and hooks that sneak up on the listener are still what make this band distinctive."[2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The False Alarms"3:14
2."I.O.U."3:08
3."A Tourist Town"3:34
4."Hemispheres"3:43
5."The Fifth Season"4:37
6."Boys in the Woods"3:44
7."200 Words"6:18
8."You Took the Train"4:02
9."Doubles"2:56
10."This Place Is on TV"6:00

References

  1. 1 2 "The False Alarms by Fol Chen". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Phares, Heather. "Fol Chen - The False Alarms". AllMusic. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ Adams, Erik (March 19, 2013). "Fol Chen: The False Alarms". The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ Arroyo, Steven (March 22, 2013). "Fol Chen – The False Alarms". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  5. ↑ Ranta, Alan (March 20, 2013). "Fol Chen - The False Alarms". Exclaim!. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Kelly, Zach (March 15, 2013). "Fol Chen: The False Alarms". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  7. 1 2 Schurr, Maria (March 26, 2013). "Fol Chen: The False Alarms". PopMatters. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  8. ↑ Wiseman, Sam (March 29, 2013). "Fol Chen – The False Alarms". The Skinny. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  9. 1 2 Jenkins, Mark (March 28, 2013). "Fol Chen album review". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
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