Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79% |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk.net | (96%) link |
| Allmusic | link |
| Alternative Press | link |
| The A.V. Club | (B+) link |
| Blender | link |
| Entertainment Weekly | (A-) link |
| Kerrang! | |
| Spin | link |
| Sputnikmusic | link |
| Rolling Stone | link |
In Defense of the Genre was well received by most critics, averaging a 79% on Metacritic. Entertainment Weekly gave the album an A-, noting that the album's "sonic twists almost always work". Alternative Press gave the album a 4.5/5 and stated that Max Bemis created an album musicians "more than twice his age could only hope to create." Blender, in a 4/5 review, called it a "mess" but an "exhilarating one."
In more mixed reviews, PopMatters noted that the wide variety of styles was a "gift and curse at the same time". Rolling Stone said "When Bemis is on... his songs are tuneful and invigorating."
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