출시된 해에 메타크리틱 최고 평점 음반이 되었으며, 또한 A.V.Club, Consequence of Sound, Paste, Pitchfork, Stereogum 등의 잡지에서도 Sunbather를 2010년대 최고의 앨범 리스트에 포함하였다.
다른 메탈 음반에선 찾아볼 수 없는 특유의 서정성 때문에 많은 평단에서 그 독특함에 주목해 좋은 평가를 내렸으며, 특이하게도 Sunbather는 메탈 커뮤니티에서만 소비되는 다른 메탈 음악과는 달리 주류 평단이나 힙스터 계열의 리스너들에게도 크게 어필이 되었고 메탈 계열 음악에 박한 피치포크에서도 이 앨범에 Best New Album 딱지를 줄 만큼 이례적으로 당대 메탈 앨범 중 큰 주목과 고평가를 받았다.
반대로 메탈 커뮤니티에서는 힙스터들이나 좋아할 메탈이라며 비난하는 부류와, 특유의 처연함과 서정성에 매력을 느껴 호평 세례를 하는 부류로 갈리는 등 오히려 호불호가 갈리는 모습을 보여주었다.
Hindered by sober restlessness. 옥죄어오는 것은 맨정신의 불안 Submitting to the amber crutch. 호박색 목발에 머리를 숙이고 The theme in my aching prose. 나의 괴롭고 지루한 시의 테마는 Fantasizing the sight of Manhattan; that pour of a bitter red being that escapes a thin frame. 마음속에 그리는 맨해튼의 풍경, 여윈 윤곽을 타고 흐르는 그 아릿한 붉음 The rebirth of mutual love. 다시금 커지는 서로에 대한 사랑 The slipping on gloves to lay tenderly. 부드럽게 몸을 누이기 위해 장갑을 벗네
"I'm dying." "난 죽고 있구나" - "Is it blissful?" "그래서 행복하니?" "It's like a dream." "마치 꿈만 같아" - "I want to dream." "나도 꿈을 꾸고 싶어"
===# Irresistible #===
===# Sunbather #===
가사 [ 펼치기/접기 ]
I Held my breath and drove through a maze of wealthy homes. I watched how green the trees were. I watched the steep walkways and the white fences. I gripped the wheel. I sweated against the leather. I watched the dogs twist through the wealthy garden. I watched you lay on a towel in grass that exceeded the height of your legs. I gazed into reflective eyes. I cried against an ocean of light.
Crippled by the cushion, I sank into sheets frozen by rose pedal toes. My back shivered for your pressed granite nails. Dishonest and ugly through the space in my teeth. Break bones down to yellow and crush gums into blood. The hardest part for the weak was stroking your fingers with rings full of teeth.
It's 5 A.M. And my heart flourishes at each passing moment.
Always and forever.
===# Please Remember #===
===# Vertigo #===
가사 [ 펼치기/접기 ]
Destined as the servant to the night where your moon dreams of the dirt and the sharp tongue of your zealous will is only congruent with the salt in your mouth and the approaching eulogy of the world.
Lost in the patterns of youth and the ghost of your aches comes back to haunt you. And the forging of change makes no difference. Memories fly through the mask of your life shielding you from time. The years that birthed the shell that you gained. Hunched over in apathetic grief with a disregard for steps except the one taken back. Perched up on a rope crafted in smoke, a sword wielding death that buried your hope. Focusing on light through the blinds. A slave to reality under a monarch in the sky. Lost in the patterns of youth where the windows shine brightly back at you.
===# Windows #===
===# The Pecan Tree #===
가사 [ 펼치기/접기 ]
Drooling red from my eyes to meet the bitter sun that shines past into light. Setting fire to curtains in hope that you're dreaming.
Destroying the tomb of memories from your life. In the room full of family, but couldn't find one. In the hallways lit up brightly, but couldn't find myself. I laid drunk on the concrete on the day of your birth in celebration of all you were worth.
I am my father's son. I am no one. I cannot love. It's in my blood.
