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  • Summary: The fourth full-length release for Los Angeles indie pop duo Girlpool was produced by Yves Rothman.
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. May 2, 2022
    81
    Girlpool have finally escaped the contours of twee indie rock with their fourth album. It’s not your typical evolution; this record has always existed for Girlpool — they just had to begin to find themselves first. Forgiveness is a riveting glimpse into that ongoing process.
  2. Apr 29, 2022
    80
    For all the mercurial experiments in power, Forgiveness also contains moments that scale back the theatrics to spotlight Tucker and Tividad as the sincere, gimlet-eyed songwriters they've proven to be since Girlpool's inception.
  3. Rolling Stone
    May 3, 2022
    80
    Their most sonically surprising - full of brash lust and tender beauty. [May 2022, p.79]
  4. May 3, 2022
    76
    These songs are bolder and more brutal, less interested in florid wording or oblique metaphor; they express feelings of alienation and self-loathing with discomfiting clarity.
  5. 70
    Forgiveness is a confrontational, undiluted journey of self-acceptance and adulthood through cathartic electro-pop infusions and delicate introspections – Girlpool’s new era has succeeded them well.
  6. Apr 29, 2022
    68
    It’s apparent even now, though, that the group is still growing and refusing to choose any one path. An inventive, varied record made in this way can succeed, but there needs to be something holding it all together, and Forgiveness is void of any such spine
  7. Jul 25, 2022
    50
    While few of the tracks offer much in the way tunefulness, Tividad's lilting, delicate leads on "Junkie" and the borderline power ballad "Butterfly Bulletholes" are among a handful of exceptions.

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  1. Sep 24, 2022
    9
    This is a great album: not sure why it's had such lukewarm reviews when there is so much to like & admire. The production is great, giving aThis is a great album: not sure why it's had such lukewarm reviews when there is so much to like & admire. The production is great, giving a lush feel to the album & the songs are brilliant. Google the opening lines to Nothing gives me Pleasure: brilliant lyrics, you cannot help but smile. Great song too! I am new to Girlpool but there are many fantastic songs on here. Expand