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The Great Divide

Noah Kahan

The Great Divide

Fourth studio album from the Vermont singer-songwriter produced with Aaron Dessner and Gabe Simon

ADM rating[?]

6.5

Label
Island
UK Release date
24/04/2026
US Release date
24/04/2026
  1. 10.0 |   Spill Magazine

    The Great Divide isn’t just an album, it’s an experience that demands your attention and rewards your patience. It’s the kind of project that sticks with you, reshaping itself with each listen
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  2. 9.0 |   Rolling Stone

    The singer-songwriter’s impressive new album is about connections we lose and the fight to keep fraying friendships together
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  3. 8.0 |   Clash

    Not lost in the universe of fame but rather the strength of music, Noah Kahan is exactly the right artist to make it this far
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  4. 7.0 |   Hot Press

    At 21 tracks and 96 minutes, the album is far too long. By the eleventh song, ‘Dashboard’, tedium sets in. Of the latter songs, ‘Spoiled’ is one of the few that bolts you out of this tedium
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  5. 6.2 |   Pitchfork

    On the follow-up to his 2022 breakthrough, the very popular New England songwriter stretches beyond his comfort zone with the hopes of growing more self-aware, more complex, and more deserving of the spotlight
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  6. 6.0 |   Slant Magazine

    The singer goes to great lengths to make the bleeding-heart bearded-guy shtick work
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  7. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    All but repeating the formula of his breakout album, Kahan seems torn between whether success is sustainable or even repeatable on songs defiantly rooted in small-town life
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  8. 5.0 |   Paste Magazine

    For better or worse, Noah Kahan’s much-anticipated Stick Season follow-up delivers more songs about dead bugs, driving, copper mines, demarcated lines, driving, substance abuse, and cold weather
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  9. 5.0 |   A.V. Club

    For better or worse, Noah Kahan’s much-anticipated Stick Season follow-up delivers more songs about dead bugs, driving, copper mines, demarcated lines, driving, substance abuse, and cold weather
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  10. 4.0 |   The Irish Times

    Steel yourself for an album about tree lines, county lines and the invisible lines betweeen you and the people you grew up with
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