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Stereo Mind Game
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  • Summary: This is the first full-length release in seven years from London-based indie folk trio Daughter since 2016's Not To Disappear (and six years since soundtrack album Music From Before the Storm).
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. New Musical Express (NME)
    Apr 5, 2023
    80
    With ‘Stereo Mind Game’, Daughter marks a new era of tending to sorrow instead of dwelling in it, where the band wading into new wider ranges of emotion without leaving behind the rich orchestration and poetic lyricism they’re known for.
  2. The Observer (UK)
    Apr 10, 2023
    80
    Her singing is excellent throughout, whether coolly confident on Be On Your Way’s account of letting a long-distance relationship lapse, or glassy and slightly numbed during Party’s hymn to hard-won sobriety. It takes a while to absorb how cleverly arranged songs such as Junkmail and Future Lover are, as 12 Ensemble’s delicate string orchestration adorns robust performances from Haefeli and Aguilella.
  3. DIY Magazine
    Apr 5, 2023
    80
    This is all very Daughter (and very good).
  4. Record Collector
    Apr 5, 2023
    80
    The result is an album of scope and dynamism, sometimes hushed but tooled for outreach on the urgent Dandelion and baleful Neptune, where a choir lifts Tonra’s sunken vocal.
  5. musicOMH.com
    Apr 7, 2023
    80
    It’s a warm, comforting hug of a record, a friend to reassure you that things are all okay, even when it feels like it’s all falling apart. The type of soundtrack we all need in times like this.
  6. AllMusic
    Apr 7, 2023
    70
    Produced by Tonra and bandmate Igor Haefeli, Stereo Mind Game is an album that sounds like it was assembled with care, as Daughter change things up while remaining instantly familiar.
  7. Mojo
    Apr 18, 2023
    60
    Stereo Mind Game certainly sustains an atmosphere, but it's a brooding and bleak one, and at times the darkness of Daughter's dream-pop can feel a bit suffocating. [Jun 2023, p.85]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. srmoi
    Apr 7, 2023
    10
    Daughter, with each album, brings us a genuine sound that is faithful to its philosophy. This time it advanced with a sound with a lessDaughter, with each album, brings us a genuine sound that is faithful to its philosophy. This time it advanced with a sound with a less melodramatic experience like the previous albums and tackles new themes. But without losing its essence. Here's Album of the Year… Expand
  2. Lajaleaa
    May 24, 2023
    8
    After 7 years, Daughter has not changed a lot, which is not a problem really. They bring us a new slow peace exploration of what they are, andAfter 7 years, Daughter has not changed a lot, which is not a problem really. They bring us a new slow peace exploration of what they are, and they are good at being themselves. They bring to the world a really necessary, tender and mellow exploration of ambient and folk music that will comfort those with soft hearts.… Expand
  4. violets_roses
    Apr 14, 2023
    6
    I dont see an artistic growth, its pretty decent but i dont get the hype at all i mean it has special things but thats all

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