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Jul 15, 2024nothing or something to die for is a jaw-droppingly beautiful, immersive experience where each track melts into the next, and in a quiet room with a decent set of headphones, you’ll get lost in its dreamy, bittersweet soundscape.
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Jul 15, 2024It’s a distinctly eclectic affair – the product of a Devonshire writing retreat on which Liu evidently experimented with new equipment and ideas – but there’s nevertheless a cohesion that prevents her often touching lyrical subtlety from becoming overwhelmed by uncanny instrumentation. And it’s the gentle push and pull between these two facets that colour the album as somehow both intimate and personal, yet fundamentally universal.
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Jul 15, 2024‘Nothing or Something to Die For’ isn’t an easy listen. This isn’t an album to shuffle into any old playlist. ‘Nothing or Something to Die For’ demands your full attention and doesn’t want to hear your excuses. It’s also not going to be for everyone, but it knows that.
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Record CollectorJul 15, 2024Infused with ennui and a fascination with death, with a sense of teenage mopiness hitting the listener like waves of passive aggression coming through a bedroom wall. Nevertheless, it's not without its charm. [Aug 2024, p.105]