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- Artist(s): Liam Finn
- Summary: The debut collaboration between Neil Finn and his son Liam features contributions from Neil's wife (and Liam's mother) Sharon, Liam's brother Elroy, Connan Mockasin, and Mick Fleetwood.
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- Record Label: PIAS
- Genre(s): Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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UncutAug 24, 2018A lush song suite reflective of the grandeur of their native New Zealand's landscapes. [Sep 2018, p.29]
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Q MagazineAug 24, 2018Their voices lock in dense, close harmonies on the likes of Listen, while We Know What It Means is as gorgeous as songs about 3am baby feeding can get. [Sep 2018, p.113]
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Sep 6, 2018All Finns aside, Lightsleeper is a remarkably diverse collaborative album from two family members. It does a stand-up job of capturing the different generations within a family, with a candid and almost cerebral penchant for the sweet memories we take everywhere we go.
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Sep 6, 2018It regularly pushes an interesting idea into your mind, but reliably recedes shortly thereafter.
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MojoAug 24, 2018A psychedelic soft rock treat that peaks with the uncanny, ethereal chord-changes of the sleep-walking Meet Me in The Air, but Poignancy, tunefulness and feeling abound throughout. [Sep 2018, p.94]
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Aug 24, 2018Lightsleeper never quite coalesces. Instead, it drifts, floating from point to point, thought to thought, offering some memorable sounds along the way but never quite coming into focus.
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Aug 24, 2018Liam, whose solo work has always been more eccentric, is a natural collaborator, then, but too often the two Finns sound like they are doing little more than noodling around in the studio with longtime co-producer Tchad Blake.
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