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- Summary: The fifth full-length release from Denver-based duo The Lumineers was co-produced with David Baron and Simone Felice
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- Record Label: Dualtone Music
- Genre(s): Americana, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Folk
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Positive: 4 out of 7
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Mixed: 3 out of 7
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MojoFeb 14, 2025The combination of Schultz's desperately appealing voice and Fraites's lonesome but poppy piano still hits hard. They're still doing things right. [Mar 2025, p.88]
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Feb 14, 2025Automatic is a lovely thing, made with understated soul and humour.
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Feb 14, 2025‘Automatic’ is emotionally-charged and is full of introspection, intelligent songwriting and despite touching on themes like loss and blurred reality is still poetically beautiful as it always is with the Lumineers.
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Feb 26, 2025Despite leaning into a slightly different, more openly bold anthemic sound, the album is consistent with what may be expected to come from the band. Per usual, each lyric is written with clear intentionality. Where the band has gone astray and allowed themselves to drift is in the instrumentation.
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Record CollectorFeb 14, 2025Their gentlest yet. [Feb 2025, p.104]
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UncutMar 5, 2025The somber mood is finally blown away by Crazy Horse-style closer "So Long" as The Lumineers churn into intriguing new territory while doggedly holding onto their entrenched melancholy. [Apr 2025, p.35]
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Classic Rock MagazineMar 7, 2025The streak of familiarity that runs through the album is down to the way songwriters Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites construct their folk-pop melodies and arrangements, but they've given their sound a fresh impetus. [Apr 2025, p.70]