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Feb 9, 2018Brighter Wounds poses more questions than answers--but that uncertainty only makes the record more absorbing.
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Feb 13, 2018If appreciation of the familiar done well is comforting, appreciation for the unfamiliar done well is bracing. Music like this opens windows and doors, letting in the fresh airs of possibility of what can come from whipping the backside of imagination and watching it run free.
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MojoFeb 8, 2018The arrival of his first child and Trumpism, shadowed by a friend's death, have filled Brighter Wounds with heightened bliss and anxiety. [Mar 2018, p.94]
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Feb 8, 2018On average, it's not one of Son Lux's catchier albums, but it is spellbinding, strange, and moving, and still as far away from expectations for a piano, guitar, and drums trio as any in existence.
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Feb 16, 2018Brighter Wounds, Son Lux’s fifth LP and second since guitarist Rafiq Bhatia and drummer Ian Chang entered the fold, has loftier ambitions than Lott’s prior work.
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Feb 12, 2018An album that's grimly effective at conjuring unease.
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Feb 12, 2018Where Brighter Wounds works best is when the band shows an element of restraint.
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Feb 8, 2018Though refreshingly bold at key moments, Brighter Wounds still doesn’t challenge itself enough to be considered a radical and departure from its predecessors.
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Feb 8, 2018Though hit and miss, Brighter Wounds is a solid addition to the group’s catalogue.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 18 out of 24
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Mixed: 5 out of 24
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Negative: 1 out of 24
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Oct 5, 2020A perfect album, I’ve been listening to it since 2018 and I never get tired. Amazing production, haunting vocals and fantastic songwriting.
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Mar 19, 2018The "Brighter Wounds" is a record that claims the title of the most extraordinary release of the beginning of 2018.
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Mar 15, 2018