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Loyle Carner

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Fourth album from the South London, Mercury Prize-nominated hip-hop artist

ADM rating[?]

7.5

Label
EMI
UK Release date
20/06/2025
US Release date
20/06/2025
  1. 8.0 |   Clash

    NEW It’s a record for those who’ve grown with Carner – those who, like him, are figuring things out slowly. Take a breath. We’ll get there – hopefully!
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  2. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    NEW The Londoner’s trademark sentimental sweetness is balanced by a new unaffected singing style – his fourth album is his most impressive work yet
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  3. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    NEW On hopefully !, Carner flips this script, showing how one’s children can instead be their comforter through times of anxiety, pain and trauma
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  4. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    NEW His voice cracks and floats in just the right places, blurring the lines between rap and lullaby
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  5. 8.0 |   DIY

    NEW As moving as it is musically satisfying
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  6. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    NEW Full of love, fatherhood and feeling, the Croydon lyricist’s fourth is less a reinvention than a maturation
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  7. 7.0 |   All Music

    NEW Carner and his band create a warm, comforting sound on hopefully !, reflecting on life's trials but ultimately remaining confident and ready for the future
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