A Sleep & a Forgetting

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A Sleep & a Forgetting
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2012
Genre Indie rock
Length47:34
Label ANTI-
Islands chronology
Vapours
(2009)
A Sleep & a Forgetting
(2012)
Ski Mask
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 69/100 [1]
Review scores
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Pitchfork Media (7.9/10) [3]
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A Sleep & a Forgetting is the fourth studio album by indie rock band Islands. It was released on February 14, 2012 on ANTI-. [7]

Contents

Nicholas Thorburn has called it his "strongest most cohesive record", [8] a record that "deals with loss, with memory and forgetting and with dreaming." [9]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 69% based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."In a Dream It Seemed Real"3:21
2."This Is Not a Song"3:56
3."Never Go Solo"4:45
4."No Crying"3:05
5."Hallways"2:54
6."Can't Feel My Face"2:46
7."Lonely Love"3:40
8."Oh Maria"4:08
9."Cold Again"3:19
10."Don't I Love You"3:20
11."Same Thing"2:32
12."Swallows" (Bonus Track)3:07
13."Comes To Light" (Bonus Track)3:17
14."Grey Funnel Line" (Bonus Track)3:24

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References

  1. 1 2 "Metacritic review".
  2. "Allmusic review".
  3. "Pitchfork review".
  4. "Prefix review".
  5. "Sputnik review".
  6. "Paste Magazine review".
  7. "ANTI- artist page".
  8. "Nick Thorburn Interview".
  9. "ANTI- album release announcement".