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The Hawk, The Beak, The Prey

Me and My Drummer · 2012

40 min · 10 tracks · art rock

Elevation

Our rating, out of 100 — and why.

AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.

65 /100
Treeline
Higher than 39% of albums we've rated

A tightly framed piano-and-drums art-pop record whose recurring motifs and closing reprise give it shape, even when the song forms stay familiar.

What we noticed

  • Piano and drums carry the arrangements, with the voice kept prominently out front rather than buried in the instrumentation.
  • “Runner (reprise)” returns to the opening song’s material at the end, giving the ten-track sequence a deliberate bookend.
  • The songs lean on repeated piano figures and forceful drum accents, with the vocal lines supplying much of their tension.
Composition 25% of the score
6/10

the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics

Craft 20% of the score
7/10

production, performance, arrangement

Durability 25% of the score
6/10

whether it rewards returning to it

Distinctiveness 18% of the score
6/10

whether it sounds like itself

Sequencing 12% of the score
7/10

running order, pacing, length

Influence 3/10

Known within its scene. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

  • 1 Phobia 3:57
  • 2 Rain Kids 3:48
  • 3 You're a Runner 3:29
  • 4 Mother Shell 5:35
  • 5 Don't Be So Hot 3:06
  • 6 The Wings 4:06
  • 7 Down My Couch 2:33
  • 8 Heavy Weight 4:36
  • 9 So Foreign 5:43
  • 10 Runner (reprise) 3:35

Reference: MusicBrainz · Wikidata