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  • Summary: The fourth full-length solo release from Lucy Dacus features a guest appearance by Hozier and contributions from Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers, Madison Cunningham, Melina Duterte, Jake Finch. Blake Mills, Collin Pastore, and Bartees Strange.
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  1. Positive: 13 out of 17
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  1. Mar 25, 2025
    80
    Forever Is A Feeling is layered, lush and contemplative. [May 2025, p.86]
  2. Mar 27, 2025
    80
    Yes, she is doing things a little differently with more expansive musical arrangements and more specific lyrics. In the end, though, Forever Is a Feeling is the next step forward from an artist who continues to discover who she is, and what kind of music she wants to make, which is the sort of journey that hopefully will last for her entire career.
  3. Mar 28, 2025
    80
    Here, she explores the hardships that queer relationships face and the intricate balance between friendships and romance in her own way, exploring love through a tentative, poignantly relatable lens.
  4. Mar 27, 2025
    75
    Forever Is a Feeling is the culmination in the drift away from indie rock she has made since Historian, offering a record full of gleaming pop gems with the tender touch of a plaintive singer/songwriter.
  5. Mar 26, 2025
    70
    Despite its flaws, it’s still an album that contains some of Dacus’ best work to date, even if the record itself is not her strongest. If you’re having withdrawal symptoms while waiting for the inevitable second Boygenius album, Forever Is A Feeling should sate you somewhat.
  6. Mar 27, 2025
    61
    Forever Is a Feeling turns the most transcendent, hopeful, horny moments of a young lover’s life into maddeningly safe background music. It’s so frustrating, you could scream.
  7. Mar 26, 2025
    60
    The end result is something that feels both familiar and oddly generic, a set of Lucy Dacus covers performed by Lucy Dacus herself that somehow still leaves out the most vital elements.

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