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8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 20 Ratings

  • Summary: The second full-length release for the North Carolina-based indie rock artist was produced with Brad Cook.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 15
  2. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Aug 26, 2021
    91
    The record has achieved a rare quality: It sounds as though it was made just for you.
  2. 90
    Any Shape You Take attempts to connect the dots, unafraid of expressing the depths nor the heights of a life lived with supreme sensitivity.
  3. Aug 27, 2021
    86
    Given all the heavy ideas and emotions on Any Shape You Take, it’s a minor miracle how bright and immediate it all sounds, without a whiff of self-seriousness or schmaltz.
  4. Aug 26, 2021
    80
    It’s simultaneously euphoric and angsty.
  5. Aug 27, 2021
    80
    ‘Any Shape You Take’, rich in the emotional palette that it’s genre-free conveys, gathers together sentiments that may be familiar to many but haven’t been depicted in the vivid and complex methods explored here.
  6. Aug 26, 2021
    80
    From‌ ‌the‌ ‌desert-blues‌ ‌guitar‌ ‌that‌ ‌knits‌ ‌itself‌ ‌across‌ ‌the‌ ‌muscular‌ ‌coda‌ ‌of‌ ‌"Real‌ ‌Pain,"‌ ‌the‌ ‌way‌ ‌De‌ ‌Souza's‌ ‌voice‌ ‌condenses‌ ‌to‌ ‌a‌ ‌vein‌ ‌of‌ ‌skyward‌ ‌fluorescence‌ ‌on‌ ‌"Bad‌ ‌Dream"‌ ‌or‌ ‌the‌ ‌latticework‌ ‌rhythm‌ ‌on‌ ‌the‌ ‌sparkling‌ ‌"Hold‌ ‌U," ‌Any‌ ‌Shape‌ ‌You‌ ‌Take‌‌ ‌is‌ ‌endlessly‌ ‌energized,‌ ‌each‌ ‌corroded‌ ‌riff‌ ‌and‌ ‌synth‌ ‌streak‌ ‌glowing‌ ‌with‌ ‌purpose.‌
  7. Aug 26, 2021
    60
    The follow-up delves into dysfunctional relationships, death, and despair with a more polished yet still hooky, jagged indie rock co-produced by De Souza and Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee).

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. Oct 31, 2021
    10
    perfeita demais amo muito ! indigo de souza deu seu nome nesse álbum omg voa garota
  2. Oct 30, 2021
    7
    Beach Bunny meets Jessie Reyez. Something that would have played on Daria.

    fav tracks: "Pretty Pictures", "Darker Than Death", "Late Night
    Beach Bunny meets Jessie Reyez. Something that would have played on Daria.

    fav tracks: "Pretty Pictures", "Darker Than Death", "Late Night Crawler", "Real Pain" & "Way Out"
    KEY-TRACK: "Die/Cry"
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  3. Nov 29, 2021
    7
    Emotional, immediate, deceptively bright and crushingly honesty. You won't come out unscathed. "Real pain" is obvious standout in terms ofEmotional, immediate, deceptively bright and crushingly honesty. You won't come out unscathed. "Real pain" is obvious standout in terms of music this year. Expand

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