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City Lights

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City Lights

Second full-length release from Blur’s Graham Coxon and singer-songwriter Rose Elinor Dougall

ADM rating[?]

7.4

Label
Transgressive
UK Release date
20/09/2024
US Release date
20/09/2024
  1. 8.0 |   Mojo

    A yin-yang parity asserts itself with the wistful, jazzy, Rose-sung Simple Days, electro-pop You Saw and epic, wicca-ish Druantia. Elsewhere, there’s arty chamber pop, demented swing-jazz and the epic Surf’s Up-echoing closer Sunrise: middle-aged bliss has rarely sounded so weirdly magical. Print edition only

  2. 8.0 |   Uncut

    There are thrills aplenty, particularly the raging “Broken Boys” and surprisingly Gary Numan-esque “Moth To The Flame”, but despite the mournful “I Belong To”’s validation and redemptive closer “Sunrise”, the mood’s still frequently dark. Print edition only

  3. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    City Lights is multifaceted, metamorphosing between a lo-fi bedroom recording and bold, lofty production, encompassing elements of edgy synthpop and motorik post-punk, cinematic pastoral folk and freefall jamming
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  4. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall explore a range of new styles on their second album often to thrilling effect
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  5. 8.0 |   Clash

    It is an unpredictable and highly eclectic listen packed full of depth and textures making this a must listen
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  6. 8.0 |   DIY

    The kind of sonic escapism that’s akin to reading a good book
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  7. 7.8 |   Northern Transmissions

    In Rose Elinor Dougall he appears to have found a musical partner who is taking him in new directions – and to new heights
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  8. 6.0 |   The Arts Desk

    The best of it settles to an opulently hazy, multi-tracked 21st century sally at psyche-folk
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