• Record Label: Orchard
  • Release Date: Apr 21, 2015
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Dec 7, 2015
    80
    Consistently melodic, it’s packed full of hooks and almost suspiciously on-trend.
  2. Apr 24, 2015
    80
    These songs ache with longing, and Lucid Dreaming possesses a strange allure that goes far beyond the sum of its parts.
  3. Q Magazine
    Apr 14, 2015
    80
    A moody, sensual record that unwraps its pleasures slowly. [May 2015, p.111]
  4. Apr 14, 2015
    80
    Though it may come across as an innocuous affair to some, Lucid Dreaming simultaneously triumphs as both a cohesive, introspective body of work and a bona fide pop record.
  5. May 1, 2015
    70
    At times, Lucid Dreaming can get a little too hazy and downbeat for its own good, but as a portrait of a duo in motion, it suggests Say Lou Lou are heading in the right direction.
  6. Apr 14, 2015
    70
    One gets the feeling that they will have to make such a decision prior to album number two. Until then, what we have here with Lucid Dreaming is an enjoyable--but flawed - debut LP that hints at something special, but whose sum of its parts are ultimately greater than the whole.
  7. Apr 16, 2015
    65
    There are a select few tracks on Lucid Dreaming that you'll be delighted to include on a party playlist, but this isn't an album that you'll be playing on loop.
User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 27
  2. Negative: 1 out of 27
  1. Jan 23, 2021
    7
    Although it's kinda flat sonically, it's correct and listeneable synthpop, and it does achieve the gloriously soothing quality of a dream pop record.
  2. Jun 12, 2016
    10
    Why is this album an amazing piece of work? Well, let me tell you, this album managed to add all that pop and dreampop were in the lastWhy is this album an amazing piece of work? Well, let me tell you, this album managed to add all that pop and dreampop were in the last decade. With soft and well-aimed voices, we travel through ballads like Hard For A Man and Peppermint which show the combined vocals and lyrical richness. Hope to see more in their next album. Full Review »