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8.0
97302
8.0 |
The Observer
Familiar yet steeped in mystery
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8.0
97527
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Although Mister Mellow clocks in at half an hour, it’s easy to see how Greene spent almost two years assembling this sonic collage
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7.7
97342
7.7 |
Earbuddy
Mister Mellow is a continuation of Greene’s evolution
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7.5
97294
7.5 |
A.V. Club
Chillwave always sounded nostalgic and out of time, so it’s fine that Mister Mellow’s stuck in the summer of ’09, dreaming of a past with glasses that only get rosier by the year
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7.2
97298
7.2 |
AU Review
Mister Mellow is Washed Out’s search for identity and self in the modern world
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7.0
97391
7.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Do we treat it as a chillwave album or an album about chillwave?
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7.0
98059
7.0 |
Clash
His diverting third effort sees him taking a heavy blow from reality
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7.0
98247
7.0 |
Mixmag
Our only gripe is with its brevity – 29 minutes is too short
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7.0
97296
7.0 |
Under The Radar
If you were to embody chillwave visually this would be it; psychedelic stop motion creations that morph and melt with the music
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7.0
97300
7.0 |
Exclaim
The record feels like it's falling apart at times, but there's beauty in its disarray — like its accompanying videos, it's hard to look away
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6.7
97299
6.7 |
Pitchfork
Mister Mellow may well be Greene’s moment of self-actualization, but it could’ve been more
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6.1
97483
6.1 |
Gig Soup
There’s more punch to Washed Out’s third album, with its nostalgic hip hop beats and disco grooves. But the mellowness verges on being samey with the lost Beach Boys-like vocal harmonies
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6.0
98133
6.0 |
PopMatters
Mister Mellow is an album of interludes and abstract experimentations as much as it is a pop record
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6.0
97297
6.0 |
The Skinny
The album rarely transcends its position as a soundtrack and, after watching the vivid – at times stunning – film it accompanies, listening to Mister Mellow solo feels decidedly less colourful
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6.0
97295
6.0 |
The Guardian
The beauty of his information overload makes for a benign kind of millennial disquiet
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6.0
97368
6.0 |
Q
You can't fault his intentions. Print edition only
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6.0
97373
6.0 |
Mojo
Immersive, but not entirely absorbing. Print edition only
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6.0
97389
6.0 |
Loud And Quiet
This cohesive, weightless pool of an album reveals moments of heft when allowed to be seen and heard. You’ve probably heard it before, though
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5.0
98272
5.0 |
The 405
With Mister Mellow, Washed Out seems to have lost his gift of storytelling that made his debut album a reference to dream pop bands and electronic producers
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