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A Matter Of Time

Laufey

A Matter Of Time

Third album from the Los Angeles-based Icelandic-Chinese jazz-pop artist Laufey Lín Jónsdóttir working with producers Spencer Stewart and The National’s Aaron Dessner

ADM rating[?]

8.2

Label
Vingolf Recordings
UK Release date
22/08/2025
US Release date
22/08/2025
  1. 10.0 |   The Skinny

    Laufey conjures a fairytale world woven from jazz, pop and a ticking clock
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  2. 10.0 |   The Independent

    With longtime producer Spencer Stewart and new collaborator Aaron Dessner of The National, Laufey has achieved the kind of confessional storytelling that makes Taylor Swift so relatable
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  3. 10.0 |   NME

    The jazz-pop star begins to unravel her fairytale world on her third album, letting darkness creep into her sparkling sound
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  4. 9.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    It makes for the boldest chapter in her artistic story yet
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  5. 8.0 |   Far Out

    More modern standards from a future great
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  6. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Laufey’s A Matter of Time has many charms. Like a pretty girl who denies her attractiveness, she may try too hard to convince one of what’s not true
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  7. 8.0 |   Clash

    Cements Laufey as a generational talent and far from simply a modern jazz darling
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  8. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Although this LA-based Chinese-Icelander gas woven a loose temporal theme through the loungey chamber pop of her third album, it's the waspish lyrical sting in the tail of these songs that sets her apart. Print edition only

  9. 7.5 |   Spectrum Culture

    NEW Between Laufey’s desire to break out of the boundaries she’s established for herself and Dessner’s ultramodern but tasteful production, A Matter of Time marks a successful transitional period for the artist
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  10. 7.2 |   Pitchfork

    The Icelandic singer not only invokes the traditions of the Great American Songbook; she indulges, interrogates, and goofs on them, adding a welcome spark to her retro mannerisms
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  11. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    This talented throwback-pop flag-waiver has her own spin on the cycle of limerence, love, and loss
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