Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between

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Dream Hunting in the
Valley of the In-Between
Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1, 2020 (2020-05-01)
Length48:58
Label Sub Pop
Producer Cyrus Ghahremani
Man Man chronology
On Oni Pond
(2013)
Dream Hunting in the
Valley of the In-Between

(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Exclaim! 7/10 [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Under the Radar 6.5/10 [5]

Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between is the sixth studio album by American band Man Man. It was released on May 1, 2020 under Sub Pop. [6] [7]

Contents

Critical reception

Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 77, based on 5 reviews. [1]

Track listing

Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Dreamers"0:50
2."Cloud Nein"3:21
3."On the Mend"3:43
4.Untitled3:58
5."Future Peg"2:55
6."Goat"4:10
7."Inner Iggy"2:13
8."Hunters"3:41
9."Oyster Point"0:29
10."The Prettiest Song in the World"2:31
11."Animal Attraction"5:40
12."Sheela"2:39
13."Unsweet Meat"2:37
14."Swan"1:20
15."Powder My Wig"4:12
16."If Only"3:39
17."In the Valley of the In-Between"1:00

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