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La Sera

Music For Listening To Music To

Fourth album of lo-fi indie from the former Vivian Girl Katy Goodman working with husband, guitarist and co-writer Todd Wisenbaker and producer Ryan Adams

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Polyvinyl
UK Release date
04/03/2016
US Release date
04/03/2016
  1. 10.0 |   Gig Soup

    Dreamy, with a faraway quality, often indecipherable, but so arresting your attention never wavers
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  2. 8.5 |   Spectrum Culture

    These tunes, for their soft, subtle execution, are beautiful and poignant and rely on nothing but Goodman’s voice and Wisenbaker’s masterful guitar-work
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  3. 8.0 |   No Ripcord

    Music for Listening to Music to isn’t just a background pleasantry; instead, it may very well be the one that could move Goodman into the foreground of her career
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  4. 8.0 |   Under The Radar

    It is a more understated and pensive effort than Hour of the Dawn
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  5. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    A gorgeous collection of timeless songs
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  6. 7.5 |   Consequence Of Sound

    In every sense, this is a smart, confident step forward for La Sera
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  7. 7.0 |   Clash

    This may not be their defining album, but you get the sense that in moving away from their punkier roots, La Sera’s best work may be just around the corner
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  8. 6.7 |   Pitchfork

    Comes across as more like a short stop on the way to something more solid and definitive
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  9. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    It hits the thresholds of likeability and then runs away from the conceptual bar in favor of speeding faster than light
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  10. 6.0 |   NOW

    Another noticeable change is the producer, alt-country star Ryan Adams. He convinced Goodman to record live off the floor for the first time, which gives the record a warm tone lacking on 2014’s Hour Of The Dawn
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  11. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    La Sera’s fourth album is a shrine to the Smiths – or rather the Smiths with less scathing contempt, more amplified whimsy and driven by an urgent, rattled-out rock’n’roll rather than a melancholy groove
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  12. 5.8 |   A.V. Club

    Where La Sera goes, whether it’s back to the fuzz-pop of yore or deeper into the dusty annals of alt-country, Goodman’s voice is one to follow
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  13. 5.0 |   Exclaim

    Even after a half dozen spins, it's hard to recall a single hook
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  14. 4.5 |   Earbuddy

    This is not the La Sera you remember. This is not the La Sera you loved
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