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Jun 30, 2017There’s something special about the lyrical content that proves relatable yet poignant and beautiful all at the same time, resonating with listeners through the band’s unique ability to take basic, everyday ideas and turn them into an imaginative work of art.
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Jun 30, 2017Bottling up teenage emotions and expressing it in effervescent electronica and wistful melodies, their self-titled debut is 16 tracks of minimalistic and clean compositions overridden with Paul Klein’s lovestruck lyrics.
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Jun 30, 2017Overall, the album is still an agreeable first effort, although it doesn't really produce anything demanding immediate attention.
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Jun 30, 2017LANY’s ambition is admirable—and this debut will sound great blasted at parties all summer long--but its pleasures end up feeling superficial and ephemeral.
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Jun 30, 2017LANY is certainly listenable and its hour run-time isn’t a total drag (grating voicemail interlude ‘Parents’ notwithstanding). There’s just a deficit of substance in an album that practically seems to be begging for you to feel something.
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Q MagazineJul 6, 2017It's a boring splodge on the pop landscape, so relentlessly samey and entitled. [Aug 2017, p.106]
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