Their third, has possibly the most brilliantly executed cover art of the decade.  Full text...

Menomena returns with another sinewy affair in Friend or Foe, full of its homesake’s drizzle, coastal-damp, and an unclenched sun over misfit warehouses. But there are subtle shifts at work with the band, and most allow their shady songcraft to emerge from overt experimentalism—perhaps too aware of its own inventiveness—into the realms of “art-pop.”  Full text...

Friend and Foe's ready for anyone who wants to enjoy its quirks -- and they're easily enjoyable. With music like this, who needs a crummy television show to get it into our ears?  Full text...

It isn’t perfect, and it definitely isn’t for everyone, but Friend and Foe skates the frozen surface between old-fashioned melodic pop and experimental rock more successfully than most, or maybe even all, of the (admittedly few) albums that have made the attempt.  Full text...