FOMO (album)

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FOMO
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Studio album by
Liam Finn
ReleasedJune 2011
Genre Indie rock
Label Yep Roc Records
Producer Burke Reid, Liam Finn
Liam Finn chronology
Champagne in Seashells
(2009)		FOMO
(2011)		 The Nihilist
(2014)

FOMO is the 2011 album by New Zealand artist Liam Finn. The title is an acronym for the term "Fear Of Missing Out". The album received positive reviews by critics. [1]

Contents

Promotion and release

The album was released on CD, digital and 180 gram gatefold vinyl formats. The vinyl release include a download card for the bonus track 'Roll of the Eye (Live)'.

Some versions of the CD came with a copy of the 2010 debut album from BARB, a side project featuring Liam Finn, Connan Mockasin, Lawrence Arabia, Eliza Jane Barnes, Seamus Ebbs, Jol Mulholland and Wild Bill Rickets.

Finn began a tour across New Zealand in 2011 to promote the album. [2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
The New Zealand Herald Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
All Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Independent 8/10 [6]
Spin 7/10 [7]
Under the Radar 6/10 [8]

FOMO was met with positive reviews from music critics. On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100 based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]

Stephen Humphries of Under the Radar drew complimentary comparisons to Crowded House in vocal style, and described the chorus on the single “Don’t Even Know Your Name" as "exhilarating". [8] Jon Young of Spin also praised the vocal, writing that Finn delivered "sophisticated melodies and wistful vocals with masterful authority". [7] Simmy Richman of The Independent wrote that the album has "dreamy, Beatles-esque pop songs with moments of electronic and percussive madness". [6] In contrast, John Garratt was less positive in his review for PopMatters , writing "the golden moments are few and the bronze ones are many on FOMO, an album that offers much in the way of adequate, serviceable pop [...]". [9]

Track listing

All songs were written by Liam Finn, except where noted

  1. "Neurotic World"
  2. "Don't Even Know Your Name"
  3. "Roll of the Eye"
  4. "Cold Feet"
  5. "Real Late" (Liam Finn, Jeremy Toy)
  6. "The Struggle"
  7. "Little Words"
  8. "Reckless"
  9. "Chase the Seasons"
  10. "Jump Your Bones"

Bonus Track

  1. "Life Isn't Stationary"

Personnel

Credits

References

  1. ↑ Fitzsimons, Tom (4 August 2011). "Lightning strikes twice". Stuff. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Liam Finn Announces FOMO Album Release Tour". UnderTheRadarNZ. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 "FOMO by Liam Finn". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Album Review: Liam Finn, Fomo - Entertainment News". NZ Herald. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  5. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "FOMO Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  6. 1 2 Richman, Simmy (3 July 2011). "Album: Liam Finn, Fomo (Transgressive)". The Independent. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  7. 1 2 Young, Jon (21 June 2011). "Liam Finn, 'FOMO' (Yep Roc)". SPIN. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  8. 1 2 Humphries, Stephen (27 June 2011). "FOMO". Under the Radar. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  9. ↑ Garratt, John (14 July 2011). "Liam Finn: FOMO". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
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