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8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 30 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the second full-length studio release for the indie-pop project of Greta Kline.
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your name is a triangle your heart is a square id love to see you way over there once i was happy and found it intriguing then you got to me left me... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Pitchfork
    Apr 1, 2016
    85
    Many of the songs ("Embody," "On the Lips," "Too Dark" and "Sleep Song") on the album have appeared in acoustic permutations in past work, and they make the leap seamlessly. Each are marvelously well-wrought trains of thought, cramming existential questions into the banality of everyday moments and finding something beatific even in the plainest of things.
  2. Consequence
    Apr 1, 2016
    83
    In under 30 minutes, Next Thing proves that honesty can go a long way, and vulnerability, contrary to its temporariness, goes even longer.
  3. AllMusic
    Apr 1, 2016
    80
    On an album that, from a musical perspective, seems incongruously loaded with self-doubt ("I'm 20, washed up already," "I don't know what I'm cut out for") the material is consistently hooky, endearing, elegant, and uncommonly candid.
  4. Record Collector
    Apr 22, 2016
    80
    A matured yet playful execution, Kline takes the struggles of being a young woman in the modern world and transforms them into stripped-back offerings that--despite the scarcity of instrumentation and simple song structures--leave a strong impression.
  5. Rolling Stone
    Apr 4, 2016
    70
    Next Thing shows that as the group continues to grow up, Kline's clear-eyed observation and youthful disaffection only feel more vital.
  6. The Line of Best Fit
    Apr 11, 2016
    70
    Ironically it improves with age, so pop it on little and often--most tracks are around 90 seconds anyway--and let it grow on you.
  7. The Skinny
    Apr 1, 2016
    60
    For all her DIY charms, Next Thing continues to give credence to the view that the home studio environment might not quite meet the requirements of a songwriter blessed with such precocious talent.

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  1. vaineratom
    Nov 25, 2020
    8
    The album's use of language is amazing. It reads like a carefully constructed poem that doesn't take itself too seriously.

    The songs focus    The album's use of language is amazing. It reads like a carefully constructed poem that doesn't take itself too seriously.

    The songs focus on what appears to be very trivial moments, such as "Outside with Cuties" where we are taken to a group gathering in nature at night where " Your eyes reflect the greenish moon" shows the beauty in the authors crush at the gathering in time, the poetic language helps to show how there is beauty in everything.

    The only thing that is stopping it from being a 9 or 10 is that some of the songs are from previous albums by Greta Klein, such as The Love Rind and Affirms Glinting but are remastered in Next Thing. Nothing wrong with including past tracks in new albums but it makes the Album more of a portfolio of
    Greta's finest making it more of a "best of" album instead of an entirely new piece that can be examined alone.

    It makes a good starting point for Greta's past and present work and I would recommend checking out Love Rind, Affirms Glinting, and Zentropy which also display an amazing sense of voice and identity.    … Expand
  2. All_ButTrU4
    Jun 26, 2021
    8
    Simple,poetic and short.a praise poem to the mundane written through the childlike lense of easy amazement. Not a single moment spared.Simple,poetic and short.a praise poem to the mundane written through the childlike lense of easy amazement. Not a single moment spared. Favourites:Too Dark,Embody, On The Lips,O Dreaded C Town.… Expand

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