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The Singer In My Band

This is Lorelei

The Singer In My Band

Third full-length release from the Vermont singer-songwriter and producer Nate Amos and first on Matador

ADM rating[?]

7.3

Label
Matador
UK Release date
11/09/2026
US Release date
11/09/2026
  1. 9.0 |   All Music

    While The Singer in My Band may not be the out-of-the-blue surprise that album was for many, it shares the feeling of a generational talent coming into his own. Someday, other people will sing these songs, but now it's Amos' turn
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  2. 8.5 |   No Ripcord

    Nate Amos’ latest album as This Is Lorelai is a spellbinding AOTY contender
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  3. 8.3 |   Paste Magazine

    Nate Amos’ second proper record upholds an enduring songwriting tradition, emphasizing narrative and studied cohesion over the extemporaneity of his earlier releases
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  4. 8.0 |   NME

    The genre-hopping songwriter trades leftfield twists for bright alt-country, delivering his warmest, most assured record yet
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  5. 8.0 |   Pitchfork

    Nate Amos trades the magpie charm of his past solo work for a warm, twangy, and tightly constructed approach. It’s the sound of a songwriter sketching out his own gospel.
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  6. 8.0 |   Northern Transmissions

    Amos hasn’t stopped being restless. For once, he’s just found a reason to stay in one place for a while
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  7. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    At first pass, the album might feel a little lighter by comparison, a couple of songs go by without really registering. But like any new travelling companion who only tells you their backstory a few hours down the road, it takes time to get acquainted
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  8. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Nate Amos’ most heralded project, This Is Lorelei, swaps out electropop for bluegrass and folk with The Singer in My Band
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  9. 7.0 |   Far Out

    While it might be missing the high stakes and dramatic flourishes of nomadic drug-fuelled hysteria, this album is most certainly a tapestry of earthy tones, lush melodies, and the feeling that, in the words of Jack Kerouac, “dreaming ties all mankind together”
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  10. 7.0 |   Exclaim

    Amos's most overt experiment with genre to date
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  11. 7.0 |   Uncut

    Acclaim for 2024's Box For Buddy, Box For Star raised the stakes, not that you'd know it from the breezy assurance of these songs. Print edition only

  12. 6.0 |   Dork

    Nate Amos has made a lovely country and folk record. Occasionally, you wish he'd remembered how strange he can be
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  13. 5.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Pleasant to listen to but lacking adventure, The Singer in My Band is the product of close study but fails to take liberties with established forms
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