Poppy Negative Spaces

Critic's Take

The heavier and hookier Negative Spaces finds Poppy mining late-’90s to mid-2000s alt-rock with winsome results, and the best songs land as vivid pastiches that feel original. The review flags “the cost of giving up” for its crackling synth pulses and nu-metal heft, and highlights “vital” for a stadium-sized, surprisingly sweet pop-punk chorus. Equally notable are “push go” and the title track “negative spaces” for their Garbage- and Hole-adjacent touches that Poppy reshapes into her own colors. Overall, this is probably her most satisfying group of songs, cohesive without losing the artist’s penchant for zigging and zagging.

Key Points

• The best song(s) pair nostalgic alt-rock references with strong hooks and modern production, making them stand out.
• The album’s core strengths are cohesive production and skillful blending of disparate genre influences into Poppy’s distinct sound.

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Critic's Take

Hi, everyone. Onethony Timetano here, and I think the best songs on Negative Spaces are the muscular singles “the cost of giving up”, “new way out” and “they’re all around us” - they are snappy, soaring pop-metal bops that prove Poppy can sing and scream with dramatic flair. The record leans hard into 2000s alt-metal and while tracks like “crystallized” and “push go” provide welcome variety, the album's overly groomed guitar tones make some cuts feel redundant. For listeners asking "best tracks on Negative Spaces," the singles stand out as the moments where Poppy and Jordan Fish's collaboration truly clicks.

Key Points

• The best song is a single because the snappy, soaring choruses and crushing guitars make it both a pop bop and headbanger.
• The album's core strengths are strong vocal performances, 2000s alt-metal influences, and focused production, albeit sometimes too homogeneous.

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Critic's Take

In this review Caitlin Chatterton argues that Poppy\'s Negative Spaces stakes a claim as a sprawling, arena-minded record, with standout moments like “have you had enough?” and “surviving on defiance” proving the best tracks. Chatterton highlights how tracks such as “vital” and “nothing” show Poppy\'s pop instincts even amid heavier fare, which is why listeners searching for the best songs on Negative Spaces should pay attention to those contrasts. The reviewer praises Jordan Fish\'s production for giving the album a big, bulldozer sound while still letting Poppy\'s personality make songs like “new way out” feel enormous and immediate.

Key Points

• The best song is the opening "have you had enough?" because its bulldozer intensity sets the album's arena-ready tone.
• The album's core strengths are Poppy's versatility and Jordan Fish's big production, marrying heaviness with pop hooks.

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Critic's Take

Poppy arrives on Negative Spaces more marauding than ever, embracing heaviness while sneaking in pure pop hooks. The reviewer lauds opener “have you had enough?” as a stadium-sized welcome, and highlights “they’re all around us” and “the center’s falling out” for their ear-piercing screams and dimensional ferocity. There is praise for lighter moments like “yesterday” and “hey there” that smooth transitions, and for the one-two pop punch of “crystallized” and “vital” reaffirming her pop prestige. Overall the album is called a masterpiece for melding reliable sound palettes with audacious new tricks.

Key Points

• The opener “have you had enough?” stands out as a stadium-sized, tonal mission statement.
• The album’s core strength is blending heavy metal ferocity with polished pop hooks and cohesive production.

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Critic's Take

Tom Morgan’s take on Poppy’s Negative Spaces zeroes in on the best songs as proof of her post-genre mastery. He singles out “They’re All Around Us” and “The Center’s Falling Out” as heaviest, most exhilarating tracks, while “Crystallised” and “the cost of giving up” deliver irresistible pop hooks. The review argues the best tracks coalesce polarities—monstrous choruses, Deftones and Evanescence echoes—making the best songs on Negative Spaces both thrilling and oddly accessible. It reads as a celebration of songs that fuse hyper-pop sheen with razor-sharp metal bravado, and those songs are presented as the album’s winning moments.

Key Points

• The best song moments fuse hyper-pop sheen and razor-sharp metal, yielding exhilarating tracks like 'They’re All Around Us'.
• The album’s core strength is its confident genre-fusing production that blends hyper-pop, synth textures, and modern metal brutality.

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Critic's Take

A through-line of this review is that Poppy still shapeshifts, but on Negative Spaces Jordan Fish's fingerprints make songs like “vital” and “new way out” the best tracks, even if his presence sometimes crowds her. The review leans into how the synth-tinged “vital” and the serrated riffs of “new way out” stand out as highlights, while the abrasive, disjointed “they're all around us” feels notable for different reasons. In short, the best songs on Negative Spaces are those where Fish's production elevates intensity, but that same force occasionally compromises Poppy's distinctness.

Key Points

• The best song(s) harness Jordan Fish's production to amplify intensity while still showcasing Poppy's shapeshifting - notably "vital" and "new way out".
• The album's core strength is bold production and sonic reinvention, though that production sometimes compromises originality.

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Critic's Take

Poppy sounds like an artist finally owning contradiction on Negative Spaces, and the review points to standout songs as evidence. The best songs on Negative Spaces are the hard-but-gentle “the cost of giving up” and the excellent “crystallized”, with adventurous highlights like “tomorrow” and classy “halo” that show her range. The reviewer’s tone is admiring and precise, praising genre leaps from metalcore to EDM-meets-Eurodance while noting the emotional throughline about identity. This reads like a consolidation of Poppy’s disparate tendencies into a daring, unifying record.

Key Points

• The review singles out “the cost of giving up” as a central, emotionally charged highlight showing Poppy’s identity theme.
• The album’s core strengths are adventurous genre-blending, confident production, and striking contrasts between harsh screams and sweet choruses.

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Critic's Take

Poppy leans hard into modern metal on Negative Spaces, and the best songs - notably “have you had enough?” and “they’re all around us” - land as arena-ready bangers that feel massive and immediate. Merlin Alderslade writes with infectious relish, praising how opener “have you had enough?” crushes with Jordan Fish-style production while “they’re all around us” melds Slipknot blastbeats with Spiritbox-style anthemic shimmer. He also highlights pop-minded detours like “crystallized” and “hey there” that stop the record from becoming merely referential, giving readers clear answers to queries about the best tracks on Negative Spaces. The tone is admiring and emphatic, presenting the album as one of the catchiest, most consistent metal records of 2024.

Key Points

• The best song, "have you had enough?", stands out for its massive, crushing opener production and clear Jordan Fish influence.
• The album's core strengths are its confident modern-metal production, genre-splicing songwriting, and well-placed pop detours that keep it idiosyncratic.

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Critic's Take

Poppy's Negative Spaces announces itself with the bruising confidence of “New Way Out” and keeps up the momentum, which is why the best songs on Negative Spaces are its brashly triumphant heavy cuts and its synth-forward highlights. The opener and immediate singles - “have you had enough?”, “the cost of giving up”, and “they’re all around us” - batter you with industrial metalcore riffs, while tracks like “crystallized” and “push go” show how Poppy syncopates pop bliss with brutal aggression. For anyone asking what the best tracks on Negative Spaces are, listen to “push go” first, then the lead single “New Way Out”, and the opening barrage - they encapsulate the album's synthesis of synth and scream. The record feels like Poppy finally honing I Disagree into something consistent, refined, and infectiously energetic.

Key Points

• The best song is "push go" because it perfectly fuses synthpop sweetness with explosive industrial-rock energy and a memorable bridge.
• The album's core strengths are its consistent, refined melding of synth-led pop moments and fierce industrial metalcore, producing high energy and smooth transitions.

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