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Gush

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

Gush

Latest full-length release from the Orcas Island-born, Los Angeles-based electronic producer

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Nettwerk
UK Release date
29/08/2025
US Release date
29/08/2025
  1. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Whether she’s creating music for the dance floor or the yoga studio, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith continues to blend disparate styles into her unique sonic melting pot
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  2. 7.8 |   Beats Per Minute

    An album pulling in opposite directions musically and thematically could easily have proven misguided, trying and obtuse, yet under Smith’s guidance, it proves an intriguing, tantalizing, and surprising natural fit
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  3. 7.4 |   Pitchfork

    On her most social, libidinal collection of songs to date, the Los Angeles musician combines cerebral synthesis with beats inflected by two-step, dancehall, and ballroom
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  4. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    With GUSH, her artistic profundity continues to beam with ambition and warrants rhapsodic praise. The next philosophical journey she’ll take us on may be one even closer towards what feels like her
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  5. 7.0 |   The Quietus

    Gush is inventive and unpredictable. On the other hand, it’s more direct and less phantasmagorical than the predecessor
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  6. 6.9 |   Spectrum Culture

    The electronic composer’s latest album leans hard toward pop, but still favors ornamentation over direct jolts
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  7. 6.5 |   Under The Radar

    Although GUSH’s start-stop-start cadence makes it hard for listeners to fully sink into a groove here, the album’s few standout tracks will fit nicely on any dance playlist
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