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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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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 10, 2018Crafting a solid set of songs that hold their own among break-out singles is no mean feat, but the Sydney trio have pulled it off--in the main, at least.
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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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May 7, 2018In the end, Lost Friends is a shape-shifting, intimate, and reflective body of 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 7, 2018To be certain, plenty of Lost Friends tracks loudly testify to the charm that earned Middle Kids a record deal in the first place. ... More often, though, Lost Friends lacks the risk of "Edge of Town" and "Never Start." To be certain, though, Middle Kids' natural songwriting talents still rear their heads; isolating any one song on Lost Friends reaps solid rewards.
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May 7, 2018As far as debuts go, the Sydney trio have made a solid first step here. They’ve got half the job worked out in spades. Now, they just need to work on making it memorable.
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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.