• Record Label: Verve
  • Release Date: Jun 6, 2025
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Jun 20, 2025
    80
    Tracks on Luminal such as Hopelessly At Ease are almost unsettling seductive, while Wolfe's every sung syllable on Shhh looms large and expansive. [Summer 2025, p.76]
  2. Uncut
    Jun 17, 2025
    80
    Wolfe's voice prominent on the shimmering "Hopelessly At Ease" and tremolo-bathed "Shhh", recalling Julee Cruise;s otherworldly work. .... Elsewhere, there's an edge. [Jul 2025, p.27]
  3. The Wire
    Jun 17, 2025
    70
    Luminal perhaps would have been more impactful as a release by itself – all but the most devoted Eno completists should prioritise it. [Jul 2025, p.52]
  4. Jun 17, 2025
    70
    Despite a few drastically darker moments, the majority of Luminal feels familiar and comforting.
  5. Jun 17, 2025
    65
    A collection of balmy dream-pop ballads centering Wolfe’s feathery voice, soft and slow guitar melodies, and spacey synths. It’s striking how conventional it frequently sounds, reminiscent of canonical acts like Beach House.

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