All That Ever Could Have Been

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All That Ever Could Have Been
MOLLY - All That Ever Could Have Been.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 28, 2019 (2019-06-28)
Genre
Length60:13
LanguageEnglish
Label Sonic Cathedral Recordings
Producer
  • MOLLY
  • Wolfgang Möstl
MOLLY chronology
Glimpse
(2018)
All That Ever Could Have Been
(2019)
All That Was
(2020)

All That Ever Could Have Been is the first full-length studio album by Austrian dream pop and post-rock band MOLLY. It has received positive reviews from critics.

Contents

Reception

According to review aggregator Metacritic , All That Ever Could Have Been received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 74 out of 100 from four critic reviews. [3] Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Timothy Monger writing that that album is "somewhat of a grower" and "while its charms might take a few spins to unpack themselves, Andersson and Dornauer have applied their own unique set of filters and experiences to the dreamier side of post-rock on this solid debut". [1] Writing for The Line of Best Fit , Chris Todd gave this release an 8.5 out of 10, stating that "this is an album where quiet is key, they have a propensity towards ‘the hush’, using the space between sounds as instrumentation in very much the same wayas Talk Talk did on their final two albums". [2] Dafydd Jenkins of Loud and Quiet scored this release a 3 out of 10, characterizing the music as "pedestrian" and "achingly dull". [4] Giving All That Ever Could Have Been 4 out of 5 stars, Will Hodgkinson of The Times stated that this music "floats along with wondrous, widescreen calm" and compares MOLLY to musical acts such as Pink Floyd and Popul Vuh. [5]

Track listing

All songs written by MOLLY.

  1. "Coming of Age" – 14:53
  2. "The Fountain of Youth" – 4:45
  3. "Vogelnest" – 8:31
  4. "As Years Go By" – 7:05
  5. "All That Ever Could Have Been" – 10:21
  6. "Slowly" – 3:38
  7. "Weep, Gently Weep" – 7:11
  8. "Coming of Age, Pt. 2" – 3:49

Personnel

MOLLY

Additional personnel

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Monger, Timothy (n.d.). "MOLLY – All That Ever Could Have Been". AllMusic . RhythmOne . Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Todd, Chris (June 27, 2019). "MOLLY's debut is ambitious, slow-moving, and utterly beautiful". Album Reviews. The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  3. "All That Ever Could Have Been by Molly Reviews and Tracks – Metacritic". Metacritic . Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  4. Jenkins, Dafydd (June 25, 2019). "MOLLY – All That Ever Could Have Been". Reviews. Loud and Quiet . No. 135. ISSN   2049-9892 . Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  5. Hodgkinson, Will (July 5, 2019). "Molly: All That Ever Could Have Been review — a profound slow‑burner". Album Review. The Times . ISSN   0140-0460 . Retrieved July 8, 2023.