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- Summary: The second full-length release from British rock band caroline features a guest appearance by Caroline Polachek.
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- Record Label: Rough Trade
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Jun 18, 2025On caroline 2, caroline have done more than just cut eight glittering art rock diamonds here; they've forged a genuinely new musical lane, one entirely their own.
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May 28, 2025The result is an album that feels impossibly alive in its contradictions, its friction, and its refusal to resolve. Every listen carries the possibility that it’ll sound completely different. That restless tension is what gives Caroline 2 a strange and sublime power.
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May 30, 2025‘Caroline 2’ marks a fully fleshed-out blueprint for a Caroline 2.0: a well-refined octet pushing musical boundaries in their most dazzling release to date.
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May 29, 2025This is a wonderful album keeps its tender heart up close and its ravaged noise at a remove, but both of them are beautiful.
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May 30, 2025caroline’s all-embracing post-rock and folk sensibilities on ‘caroline 2’ make for a grand experience from the off.
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May 30, 2025‘2’ is a stronger album than their debut. It takes more risks; it’s catchier and feels like a body of work.
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UncutMay 28, 2025It's a warmer, less brittle listen that still pushes at production conventions. [Jul 2025, p.26]