Beck has travelled light years from being pegged as a reluctant generational spokesperson when Loser metamorphosed from a rejected demo to a ubiquitous smash. Instead he wound up crystallizing much of the post-modern ruckus of the ‘90s alternative explosion, but in his own unpredictable manner: Beck’s singular career has been one that’s seen him utilize all manners and eras of music, blurring boundaries and blazing a path into the future while simultaneously foraging through the past. Surfacing just as alternative rock went mainstream, no small thanks to his 1994 debut Mellow Gold, it was his multi-platinum album Odelay that truly cemented Beck’s place in the pantheon. Beck’s latest release, Morning Phase, has generated a rare unanimous chorus of critical acclaim.

“You don’t get many albums like this in your lifetime… I can’t imagine someone who couldn’t find some succor or beauty here” —THE NEW YORKER

“an instant folk-rock classic… Morning Phase’s struggle toward the light feels as personal as it does universal.”—ROLLING STONE (4 ½ STARS)

“The record’s beauty approaches slowly, floats, surrounds and shuts off external awareness in the brain stem.”—THE NEW YORK TIMES

“damn near emotionally perfect… no album in recent memory taps into our cultural zeitgeist as effortlessly. This is what it sounds like to come to peace with everyday ambiguity and indecision.”—ESQUIRE #1 Album of 2014