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- Artist(s): Hannah Joy, Harry Day, Tim Fitz
- Summary: This is the debut full-length release for the Australian indie pop trio of Hannah Joy, Tim Fitz (who also produced) and Harry Day.
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- Record Label: Domino
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 7 out of 11
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Mixed: 4 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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May 7, 2018Lost Friends is an essential first listen that is never too afraid of a huge chorus or a touch of slow burning intensity. Indebted only to themselves, expect great things from Middle Kids.
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May 7, 2018Lost Friends is a set of pile-driving anthems that demands your undivided attention.
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May 7, 2018In the end, Lost Friends is a shape-shifting, intimate, and reflective body of work.
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Jul 17, 2018While Middle Kids showed plenty of promise on their 2017 debut EP, Lost Friends is where they show they can make a proper album and actually improve on their bag of musical tricks, and it's a strong and engaging work.
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May 7, 2018While Lost Friends’ slow-building ascents and soaring choruses function as necessary release valves for the unrest bubbling up from Joy’s lyrics, over the course of 12 tracks, a certain identikit quality takes hold.
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Q MagazineMay 8, 2018While these 12 tracks occasionally meld into one [an]other a little too easily, there are many moments of promise. [Jul 2018, p.111]
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May 8, 2018There’s this frustrating sheen over everything--likely from Fitz and Joy’s formal training--which makes the violins too syrupy to be sweet, the steel guitar too rustic to be real. By the same token, Joy’s lyrics also lack any lived-in landmarks.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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May 12, 2018
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