The Velveteers A Million Knives
Released Feb 14, 2025 Easy Eye Sound
Consensus forming 3 professional reviews Updated Oct 15, 2026
Mostly positive consensus
Consensus is still forming across 3 professional reviews. The Velveteers' A Million Knives turns heartbreak into a springboard for restless, genre-hopping rock, earning a 73.33/100 consensus score across three professional reviews.
How ChoruScore worksCritics' Top Tracks
The songs critics returned to most
Up Here
1 critic mention
Heaven
1 critic mention
“Heaven” is a joyful, lust ode that builds to a poppy hard rocker” — Glide Magazine
Fix Me
1 critic mention
“the confessional “Fix Me”, is raw lyrically and spacey musically before an overdriven finale.” — Glide Magazine
Full critic consensus
The Velveteers' A Million Knives turns heartbreak into a springboard for restless, genre-hopping rock, earning a 73.33/100 consensus score across three professional reviews. The critical picture points to a band stretching beyond its punk foundations, moving through poppy dance fuzz, stoner rock, disco-infused hard rock, and more intimate acoustic territory. Rather than settling into one sound, the record reflects the group’s artistic growth and willingness to follow contrasting moods.
The most vivid moments arrive as the album shifts between abandon and vulnerability. “Up Here” stands out as a tender acoustic breakup song, its breathy, echoing vocals rising gently into a moving account of letting go. “Heaven” channels a joyful, lustful energy into a pop-minded hard-rock build, while “Fix Me” pairs confessional lyrics with spacey textures before surging into an overdriven finale. These tracks offer a useful guide to the best songs on A Million Knives: not a single prevailing style, but a band making contrast part of its appeal. With its mix of emotional candor and adventurous arrangements, the album’s 73.33 score suggests a worthwhile, if not unqualified, step forward. The reviews below offer more on how The Velveteers’ changing sound lands.
Track Ratings
How critics rated each track, relative to this album (0-100). Only tracks that made critics feel something are rated.
All These Little Things
Suck The Cherry
See Your Face
Bound In Leather
On And On
Sweet Little Hearts
A Million Knives
Moonchild
Take It From The Top
Go Fly Away
Up Here
Heaven
Fix Me
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What Critics Are Saying
Deep insights from 3 critics who reviewed this album
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Critic's Take
The Velveteers expand their sonic palette on A Million Knives, veering from poppy/punky dance fuzz to stoner rock and disco-infused hard rock. The best tracks on A Million Knives arrive late: joyful, lustful “Heaven” builds to a poppy hard rocker, while “Fix Me” turns confessional lyrics and spacey music into an overdriven finale. The best song is “Up Here,” an acoustic breakup song that gently rises with touching, breathy, echoey vocals, a real winner. As The Velveteers continue to grow, so does their sound and songwriting.
Key Points
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“Up Here” is the best song, gently rising through touching, breathy, echoey vocals about heartbreak and moving on.
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The album's core strength is its growing sonic palette, moving across poppy punk, disco, stoner rock, and confessional pop.