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Eusexua

FKA Twigs

Eusexua

Third album of trip hop / alternative R&B from the London-based singer and dancer Tahliah Barnett working with producers Eartheater, Koreless, Ojivolta, Stargate, Marius de Vries and North West

ADM rating[?]

8.4

Label
Parlophone
UK Release date
24/01/2025
US Release date
24/01/2025
  1. 10.0 |   NME

    On her first studio album in five years, the ever-experimental artist searches for transcendence in her own inimitable language
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  2. 10.0 |   The Skinny

    Eusexua doesn't just embrace the thrust of commercial dance, it subsumes it into the chromatic, honed prism of FKA twigs' artistry
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  3. 10.0 |   DIY

    The hazy underground equivalent of BRAT summer with a massive injection of purified sex
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  4. 9.1 |   Pitchfork

    Twigs’ third album brings club music into her sensual, supernatural world. It’s a masterful pop-star moment for the artist
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  5. 9.1 |   Consequence Of Sound

    On Eusexua, the club isn’t just a place of escape — it’s a crucible for self-discovery. FKA twigs may have intended for Eusexua to be a vision of transcending human form, but even that is selling the album short
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  6. 9.0 |   All Music

    FKA twigs has guided listeners through a remarkably honest song cycle. The complexities are where her music thrives, and EUSEXUA abounds with them
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  7. 9.0 |   musicOMH

    Her first album in five years feels as much like a physical sensation as a sonic one, a cohesive and transcendent artistic experience
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  8. 9.0 |   The Quietus

    Analysis aside, it’s also just thrilling in a purely visceral, physical sense. Like dancing itself, it’s an alchemic transformation of intention into pure sensation
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  9. 9.0 |   Beats Per Minute

    Eusexua is so clearly the work of a fully-realized creative that it would be a victory lap if it did not break so much new ground
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  10. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    FKA Twigs’ Eusexua is a conceptual masterpiece that speaks to the heart and the head, the spirit and the body. These things are not separate from each other
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  11. 9.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Easily one of this decade’s most prolific and dynamic albums, and heralds FKA Twigs as one of modern music’s greatest talents. Its uncompromising dazzle and flare is one that is unlikely to fade for the years to come
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  12. 8.2 |   Northern Transmissions

    ‘Eusexua’, it seems, means a kind of freedom, and as the album unravels itself to unveil its deepest layers, the same experience could happen to you
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  13. 8.0 |   The Independent

    The latest record from the singer and dancer is rawly explicit; at times, it does wander around in vague search of melodies
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  14. 8.0 |   Far Out

    A daring, artful, and incredibly well-crafted album that reflects Twigs’ ability to present meaningful lyricism alongside soundscapes that could also stand alone as incredible instrumental pieces
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  15. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone

    The experimental U.K. dance-pop artist wanted to “transcend human form” with her new album. She nails it
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  16. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    EUSEXUA is FKA twigs bizarre world-building masterclass
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  17. 8.0 |   Slant Magazine

    The album presents an artist learning to find strength in near-constant movement
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  18. 8.0 |   Paste Magazine

    The avant performer elevates herself to new heights and remakes pop (once again) into her own idiosyncratic vision on her third studio album
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  19. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    The singer crushes the system with love and techno beats in this thumping tribute to hedonism
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  20. 8.0 |   The Observer

    Coining a word to describe a particular state of euphoria, twigs effortlessly juggles left-field digitals and club pop tunes on album No 3
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  21. 8.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Using classic dancefloor sounds, FKA twigs captures the volatile energy of a night at the club
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  22. 8.0 |   Dork

    In a world of ordered algorithms, she’s chosen beautiful disorder – and honestly, the view from here is spectacular
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  23. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Mysterious, playful, witty, sensual and catchy
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  24. 7.4 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    Where Magdalene found itself virtually overburdened by its own emotional weight, this album is almost ponderously short of it, yet malleable and playful in a way that vindicates its escapist bent
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  25. 6.7 |   A.V. Club

    The singer’s third official album often sounds great and is undeniably polished, but it could use a little more sweat
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  26. 6.0 |   The Arts Desk

    This is an album that seeks an otherworldly state of purity and perfection
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