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  • Summary: The instrumental five-track release from the indie rock trio was recorded in Hoboken while under the pandemic quarantine in April 2020.
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  1. Aug 19, 2020
    80
    These ambient drones might sound unfinished, but in their unhurried, unpretentious vibrations they capture the timeless yawning void of our current daily existence, the perennially narcotized blur of our homebound, shutdown society. (It’s also, um, great music to write to.) If you’re sympathetic to Yo La Tengo’s less formal and radio-friendly moments, you might respond well to this one.
  2. The Wire
    Nov 6, 2020
    80
    We Have Amnesia Sometimes proves that Yo La Tengo should leave their comfort zone more often. [Sep 2020, p.61]
  3. Aug 19, 2020
    80
    A buzzing, humming distillation of time and melodic idea that drifts by in sighs and stares and one paragraph written all day and wondering if there’s anything in the refrigerator. It is very much like 2020 in the bunker, hard to see from the road but pulsing with shimmering life inside.
  4. Mojo
    Aug 19, 2020
    80
    Act as an instrumental coda to 2018's superb There's A Riot Going On. [Oct 2020, p.94]
  5. Aug 19, 2020
    62
    The album doesn’t have enough blemishes, stumbles, or flourishes like this to give it extra excitement and curiosity. The risk level stays relatively comfortable; the payoff never really shoots up.