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Big City Life

Smerz

Big City Life

Second studio album from the Norwegian electronic duo Catharina Stoltenberg and Henriette Motzfeldt

ADM rating[?]

7.9

Label
Escho
UK Release date
23/05/2025
US Release date
23/05/2025
  1. 9.0 |   God Is In The TV

    There is a sense of the onlooker, the bystander, to Big city life, like watching youthful memories pass by from a high altitude. Big city life tells a bittersweet story but does so with such elegance and attitude that it affirms the life it describes
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  2. 8.6 |   Pitchfork

    The Norwegian duo’s slinky postmodern pop album approaches you at a party and whispers: Want to go somewhere even cooler?
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  3. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    The album captures a specific kind of contemporary attention span: fractured, fleeting, slightly numb. It’s sparse, suggestive, and pointedly uninterested in conventional structure
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  4. 8.0 |   Under The Radar

    Big city life further proves the duo have carved out their own lane in a blossoming scene that continues to propel them forward onto the forefront of the eccentric and eclectic
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  5. 8.0 |   Clash

    ‘Big city life’ captures the chaos and wonder of city living with precision and dynamism. Flitting between the glamorous and raw, the album thrives on contradiction, delighting in camp spectacle and coarse truths
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  6. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Similar to Charli xcx, Smerz’ downtempo songs might be more revealing than their anthems
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  7. 7.8 |   Paste Magazine

    The Norwegian duo’s second album builds an art-pop opera set to the pace of an urban existence
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