★★★★★
Recorded at home, self-produced and sounding it, Darwin Deez's sophomore effort finds the auteur pushing the boundaries on his already idiosyncratic pop. The brittle programmed drums and overdubbed nature of the project gives it a chilly vibe that a band would have likely added some warmth, even soul to. But Deez lives in his own insulated, isolated world, talk/singing odd, non sequitur lyrics with enthusiasm and a commitment that makes it seem he is convinced of their importance...
- www.americansongwriter.com
2013-04-25
★★★★★
The debut Darwin Deez album (the name applying to both band and frontman) won many friends in 2010 thanks to its quirky lead tracks Constellations and Radar Detector. But that album's darker elements have been greater emphasised on this follow-up set.
The band's lo-fi charm is replaced by a less cohesive, more chaotic sound. The result is that, overall, Songs for Imaginative People is a far more challenging proposition than its sunny predecessor...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2013-04-01
★★★★★
The carefree electro-pop of 'Radar Detector' was deified into the cavernous halls of indie disco Valhalla, shelved between iconic anthems like 'Last Nite' or 'Fluorescent Adolescent'. It may not exactly deserve that legendary status - but given the amount that Darwin Deez (the curly-coiffed singer) and Darwin Deez (the band) were shoved down our throats back in 2010, it's not surprising it got there...
- www.thelineofbestfit.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Type: Album
Release date: 11/02/2013
Darwin Deez' solid songwriting skills and lyrical wizardy remains and makes sure that when you listen to this, that you're not gonna anywhere else except in Deez land.
Darwin Deez flirts with the slacker, loser, outsider, counter culture, drop out archetypes and flirts well. He's got the kooky haircut avec hairband and fashionable clothes that look second hand even if they are part of a contemporary designer range...
- drownedinsound.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
February 6, 2013
Darwin Deez - 'Songs For Imaginative People'
In love with its own cleverness, geeky, and little messy? Sure. But there's charm and tunes here in abundance
Album Info
Release Date: February 11, 2013 Producer: Self-produced Label: Lucky Number
8 / 10
In 2011 Darwin Deez dropped a free download album through his website...
- www.nme.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Darwin Deez is hard quirk. The Brooklyn singer is someone you'd never want to be trapped in a lift with, so turned-up-to-11 is his personality, and Songs for Imaginative People ("for", you note, not "by") is essentially a They Might Be Giants record for hipsters.
Flitting between 1980s soul-pop and jerky indie, it has its big, brash, pop-rock moments. Moments, in fact, when it seems that the only thing wrong with a Darwin Deez record is Darwin Deez.
- www.independent.co.uk
2013-04-01
★★★★★
Darwin Deez's successful eponymous debut arrived two years ago and received bags of airplay thanks to a mix of catchy anthems and New York new wave-style guitar licks. Live shows were a blast as well, with playful sets incorporating messing about and improvised dance routines similar to Fatboy Slim's iconic Praise You video...
- www.musicomh.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
It's been three years since NYC-based band Darwin Deez, brainchild of frontman and songwriter Darwin Smith, first made an impression with a sweet, scrappy and simple self-titled debut. The songs on Darwin Deez rarely exceeded the four-minute mark and, in the best possible way, didn't overreach; behind the simple chord progressions and laconic vocal delivery, the lo-fi likes of 'Up in the Clouds' and 'Bad Day' bestowed an easy, catchy charm...
- music.thedigitalfix.com
2013-02-15
★★★★★
Darwin Smith released his self-titled debut album as Darwin Deez in 2010, a kooky, lo-fi set of maddeningly catchy nursery rhymes for Manic Pixie Dreamboys. The 28-year old Wesleyan graduate recently moved from New York City to Asheville, N.C., and seems to be something of a loner, scene-wise (he's pals with label mates Friends, and loves Deerhoof), though his ability to write awkward but cutesy earworms sets him alongside Foster the People and Passion Pit when it comes to sync potential...
- pitchfork.com
2013-04-01
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