Aromanticism
by Moses Sumney
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 51 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 46 out of 51
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 51
  3. Negative: 2 out of 51
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  1. AntonioUchoa
    Sep 27, 2017
    9
    It's deep, magic and powerful. Too easy to listen and digestible, sounds romantic and dark, excellent melodies and hooks.

    Fav tracks: "Lonely World", "Quarrel", "Stoicism", "Man on the Moon (Reprise)", "Plastic", "Don't Bother Calling", "Indulge Me".
  2. Stubert
    Apr 4, 2019
    9
    Deep and spiritual. The production is wonderful, as are all of the guest artists on here. It's like R&B Radiohead and I want more.
  3. Luncea28
    Jan 1, 2018
    9
    Thoughtful lyrics on love and being aromantic delivered by a sublime voice. The vocals and instrumentation are arranged into a cohesive-sounding album with good flow that still has variety. Definitely an artist to watch.
  4. juanmanueltorov
    May 24, 2018
    10
    Incredible production and lyrics. A great start for Moses. He is such a wonderful artist and keeps getting better. I have no words to explain the experience of listening to this album.
  5. wme
    Sep 22, 2017
    9
    Well crafted ambient music, interlaced with exceptional, subtle instrumentation. Easy to listen to start to finish, with a much more developed sound than his previous projects.
  6. freshie
    Jan 9, 2018
    9
    An absolutely incredible album. Voice, instrumentation and everything about this album is so beautiful. A very strong 9, and equal album of the year for 2017
  7. All_ButTrU4
    Jan 31, 2021
    7
    This feels deeply magical with it's ethereal melodies and creative hooks. It feels like a concept album on spirituality and relationships as it discusses loneliness, longing,unrequited love and indifference. The production is excellent but this record feels suffocating in it's repetitive nature and lack of diversity. Songs blend into another and the ambience feels better in theory than itThis feels deeply magical with it's ethereal melodies and creative hooks. It feels like a concept album on spirituality and relationships as it discusses loneliness, longing,unrequited love and indifference. The production is excellent but this record feels suffocating in it's repetitive nature and lack of diversity. Songs blend into another and the ambience feels better in theory than it is executed. This album could've been so much more but it choses the safe route and bores when it doesn't amaze. I'll give credit to the breathtaking vocals,gifted song writing and overall production. Favourites:make out in my car,plastic, stoicism, lonely world,man on the moon (reprise)… Expand

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85

Universal acclaim - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. No Ripcord
    Oct 25, 2017
    70
    Aromanticism is downright beautiful but is also too enamored with its sensual aura, which sometimes exposes his uneven vocal acrobatics.
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  2. Clash Music
    Oct 17, 2017
    80
    Aromanticism is style over substance, certainly his sentiments run the risk of evading the listening, such is the beauty of the dreamscape he weaves. Yet as you revisit the record, the case for being ‘aromantic’, has never sounded so fully realised, so complete and so utterly inviting.
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    Oct 16, 2017
    90
    Breathtakingly beautiful.
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