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  • Summary: The debut full-length release from New York indie pop artist sombr was co-produced with Tony Berg.
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  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
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  1. Sep 19, 2025
    90
    Mixing pop and indie rock, the album yields chart toppers without sacrificing Sombr’s storytelling and musicianship.
  2. Sep 19, 2025
    80
    Every track on the album pushes past the three-minute mark and builds up to a momentous bridge. “Come Closer” gets close to being the peak moment, with the lushest harmonies on the album, but it’s hard to beat “12 to 12.” It’s pop in its most riveting form.
  3. 80
    ‘I Barely Know Her’ is a slick, ambitious collection of songs crafted for big venues and festival stages.
  4. Oct 10, 2025
    80
    On I Barely Know Her, the 20-year-old star takes a magnetic first step.
  5. Sep 19, 2025
    75
    He sounds like he’s stepped out of the bedroom and onto the big stage, bursting with ideas and equipped with the skills to see them through. That he manages to do it while wallowing in the throes of heartbreak makes the payoff even sweeter.
  6. Oct 6, 2025
    56
    The emotions are big and the choruses are bigger, but the production is too washed-out to risk actual vulnerability. It’s music to sink into, an electronic dreamy mush that’s somehow equal parts Foster the People and Mazzy Star.