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  • Summary: The debut full-length release from Abe Vigoda's Michael Vidal and Juan Velasquez as Cupid & Psyche was produced by Andrew James Mackelvie and mixed by Michael Craver.
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  • Record Label: Felte
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Noise-Rock, Shoegaze
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  1. Oct 25, 2023
    70
    Romantic Music is at its best when its core sound inches into the ’90s and decks itself out in greyscale paisley, as if the Cure revisited their Faith-era gloom while trying to reckon with the melon-twisting rhythms of Madchester.
  2. Oct 25, 2023
    70
    Even if Velasquez and Vidal haven't fully carved their identity as a new project, their savvy sense of songcraft hasn't waned after all these years.
  3. Oct 25, 2023
    70
    It is way over the top in the way that Roxy Music was, all sheen and sigh and gorgeous inertia. Romantic Music, yes, no irony there.
  4. Oct 25, 2023
    60
    With a more congruous title, "Anxiety's Rainbow" is an album highlight for its marriage of rousing melody, dissonance, and groove, while the rest is interesting enough to hope for more from this ambitious isolation-induced project.