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Bunny

Beach Fossils

Bunny

Fourth album of lo-fi, summery, reverb-soaked indie pop from the Brooklyn band led by Dustin Payseur

ADM rating[?]

7.4

Label
Bayonet
UK Release date
02/06/2023
US Release date
02/06/2023
  1. 9.0 |   Northern Transmissions

    Their music is like water washing over you, cleansing you with their diaristic verbiage. I think that’s one of the biggest successes of the album
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  2. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    Beach Fossils have progressed in their songcraft on Bunny and it gives you a lift, some time to recover, a soundtrack for good memories, and a desire for more
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  3. 8.6 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    Bunny's performances are pristine: the record navigates its hooks, sonic sways and immaculate v..v..vibes with palpable ease
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  4. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Every moment shimmers with atmosphere, as the rippling melodies and contoured choruses enclose Payseur's knotty ruminations in sun-dappled serenity. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   Albumism

    The moderate pacing and more personally derived songwriting make the album one that demands closer attention to fully understand and enjoy, but it rewards that attention with some of the band's most nuanced and subtly detailed pop constructions to date, ultimately revealing new depths both musical and emotive
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  6. 8.0 |   Clash

    If you allow yourself the time to uncover all of its layers of depth, that glow only becomes brighter
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  7. 7.6 |   Pitchfork

    Beach Fossils’ latest album distills the best of their daydreamy indie-pop with new wisdom and existential angst. But they’re just still as laid-back as you remember
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  8. 6.1 |   Spectrum Culture

    Payseur seems to try to both hold on to the past and move on at the same time over the course of Bunny, but that ends up being impossible for him to do
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  9. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Payseur's vocals might still sound diaphanous, his lyrics still concerned with small moments of sadness and pleasure, but there is now a structured professionalism here that will delight and confound others. Print edition only

  10. 5.1 |   Beats Per Minute

    Sometimes fossils should remain just that — fossils — but that doesn’t mean their music, if nothing else, doesn’t have purpose in being some damn good background music
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