In Heaven
by Twin Sister
  • Record Label: Domino
  • Release Date: Sep 27, 2011
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. dolph
    Dec 6, 2011
    10
    The hooks on this are unbelievably good. The first listen may strike many listeners as slow, but once you get into it, this is it. Best album released in 2011, by FAR. If you have a bit of patience, this will hit you with a lasting permanence most indie records can't provide these days. I'm surprised to not see this on more end-year lists. Hurrr 2deep4u SPIN?
  2. Lolasaurus
    Oct 2, 2011
    7
    I don't even know why I picked up this album. I hated the singer's voice on "All around and away we go," I HATEHATEHATE disco revivalism, I hate how ever critic will simply label a new band "dream pop" if they have a female singer and clean guitars and call it a day, and honestly I hated the album cover a little bit. A.) This album, and Twin Sister themselves, are not dream pop. B.) "InI don't even know why I picked up this album. I hated the singer's voice on "All around and away we go," I HATEHATEHATE disco revivalism, I hate how ever critic will simply label a new band "dream pop" if they have a female singer and clean guitars and call it a day, and honestly I hated the album cover a little bit. A.) This album, and Twin Sister themselves, are not dream pop. B.) "In Heaven" does sound like just another less-than-creative band going through the motions. But C.) This album is damn enjoyable. The production quality utilizes great space separation and just enough crisp compression. Andrea Estella's voice is just right throughout, with a smoky texture and off-and-on stark & discreet melodies. A refreshing lack of reverb easily puts this band ahead of their contemporaries. All of the band members are locked in, and when the hooks aren't catchy they still maintain a decent groove.
    I wouldn't guarantee that anyone could love this album, as I'm still not sure I do, but it's definitely worth 2 listens.    … Expand

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 27
  3. Negative: 1 out of 27
  1. Magnet
    Nov 11, 2011
    70
    Heaven? or Las Vegas? or, more probably (circa late '90's), Chicago? Hard to predict quite where Twin Sisters will end up, but it's a lovely, leisurely, labile journey all the same. [#81, p. 58]
  2. Under The Radar
    Nov 9, 2011
    50
    Coming off their auspicious 2010 EP Color Your Life, Long Island's Twin Sister have delivered a maddeningly ambitious, haphazard, and unfortunately inconsistent debut LP. [Oct. 2011, p. 106]
  3. Consequence
    Oct 7, 2011
    80
    For such a young band, Twin Sister has crafted a work of real emotional depth, and molded lots of interesting musical bric-a-brac into a record that will stay long in the memory and longer in the heart.
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