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Peacers

Peacers

Peacers

Second solo and first under the Peacers moniker from the former Sic Alps founder Mike Donovan produced by Ty Segall

ADM rating[?]

6.5

Label
Drag City
UK Release date
17/07/2015
US Release date
17/07/2015
  1. 8.5 |   Under The Radar

    Fog-drenched, off-kilter, and far-fucking-out, Peacers is half-an-hour of fun, guitar-driven weirdness, and a throwback to the type of music that Drag City used to put out in their mail-order days
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  2. 7.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Not everything on Peacers works, but when it does, it’s the sonic equivalent of driving along a beach with a summer breeze rushing right through you
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  3. 7.0 |   Exclaim

    Where Donovan really soars is the quieter moments on the record, such as the blues-tinged, acoustic number "The Kid"
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  4. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    A promising debut from a musician spreading his wings and continuing to create his own little subculture, one informed by the past but brightening up the future
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  5. 6.8 |   Pitchfork

    Donovan's songs plot out a course toward a grimmer, grimier, and freakier world. And depending on your perspective, that may be an attractive destination
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  6. 6.0 |   The FT

    13 hypnotically paced scruffy songs, with Mike Donovan casting himself as a fuzz-rock Syd Barrett
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  7. 5.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Most of this album sounds as though he’s written part of a promising song and just given up halfway through
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