Box for Buddy, Box for Star

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Box for Buddy, Box for Star
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Studio album by
This Is Lorelei
ReleasedJune 14, 2024 (2024-06-14)
RecordedMid-2022
Genre Indie rock
Length43:20
LanguageEnglish
Label Double Double Whammy
Producer Nate Amos
This Is Lorelei chronology
Falls Like Water Falls
(2022)		Box for Buddy, Box for Star
(2024)

Box for Buddy, Box for Star is a 2024 studio album by indie rock artist Nate Amos, of the band Water from Your Eyes, recording as This Is Lorelei. The album has received positive reviews from critics and is the first release under this moniker that Amos has prepared as a traditional album release, including distribution by Double Double Whammy and a renewed focus on music-making after getting sober. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Paste 8.4/10 [3]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [4]
Under the Radar 8.5/10 [5]

This album was shortlisted at BrooklynVegan as one of the most notable of the week, where Amanda Hatfield wrote that "[Amos'] solo work has veered in different sonic directions, and this time he's fully in singer-songwriter mode", comparing the music to Elliott Smith and Neutral Milk Hotel. [6] Editors at Paste chose Box for Buddy, Box for Star as a Paste Pick and critic Sam Rosenberg scored it an 8.4 out of 10, writing that "the endless exuberance and unpredictability that define Amos's style are especially prominent on his latest record" and that with this album, "Amos unlocks the key to his creative potential, drawing from the archive of great American sounds and songwriting and filtering what he discovers through his special, singular lens". [3] Editors at Pitchfork included this among the best albums of the week [7] and scored this release 7.8 out of 10; critic Marissa Lorusso praised the variety of musical influences, from bluegrass to pop, as well as "plaintive lyrics about romance and heartache [that] have a surprisingly straightforward emotional quality". [4] Claire Brown of WXPN saw this music as a mix of heartland rock and hyperpop that "is the work of an auteur; the product of someone who knows how to use the studio as an instrument, sure, but also knows how to use their own guitar and voice as one". [8]

"I was writing tons of stuff, and the songs that I liked more were the ones that ended up being more brutal self-examinations. That seemed to be where I was getting the most catharsis out of the situation."

—Nate Amos on Box for Buddy, Box for Star being "a recovery album" and writing music while sober. [9]

Track listing

All songs written by Nate Amos

  1. "Angel's Eye" – 3:51
  2. "Perfect Hand" – 4:08
  3. "I'm All Fucked Up" – 4:33
  4. "Dancing in the Club" – 4:47
  5. "My Boy Limbo" – 2:36
  6. "Where's Your Love Now" – 6:10
  7. "Box for Buddy, Box for Star" – 3:37
  8. "A Song That Sings About You" – 3:21
  9. "Two Legs" – 4:09
  10. "An Extra Beat for You and Me" – 5:08

Personnel

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Corcoran, Nina (March 4, 2024). "Water From Your Eyes' Nate Amos Announces This Is Lorelei Album, Shares New Video". News. Pitchfork . Condé Nast . Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  2. ↑ Mitchell, Matt (June 12, 2024). "Feeling the Heart of This Is Lorelei in Spades". Music > Features > This Is Lorelei. Paste . ISSN   1540-3106 . Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Rosenberg, Sam (June 14, 2024). "This is Lorelei Gets Earnest on the Beautiful Box For Buddy, Box For Star". Music > Reviews > This Is Lorelei. Paste . ISSN   1540-3106 . Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Lorusso, Marissa (June 14, 2024). "This Is Lorelei: Box for Buddy, Box for Star Album Review". Albums. Pitchfork . Condé Nast . Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  5. ↑ Mark Moody (June 13, 2024), "Box for Buddy, Box for Star (review)", Under the Radar , retrieved January 14, 2025
  6. ↑ Hatfield, Amanda (June 14, 2024). "Album Reviews: Decemberists, Ulcerate, Normani & more". Notable Releases of the Week. BrooklynVegan . Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  7. ↑ Monroe, Jazz; Strauss, Matthew (June 14, 2024). "8 New Albums You Should Listen to Now: NxWorries, Normani, the Decemberists, and More". News. Pitchfork . Condé Nast . Retrieved June 15, 2024.
  8. ↑ Brown, Claire (June 24, 2024). "This is Lorelei marries heartland rock and hyperpop on 'Box for Buddy, Box for Star'". Music News. WXPN . Retrieved July 7, 2024.
  9. ↑ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (April 17, 2024). "This Is Lorelei: Water From Your Eyes' Nate Amos on Debut LP, Sobriety". Music > Music Features. Rolling Stone . ISSN   0035-791X . Retrieved June 15, 2024.
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