Life After Youth

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Life After Youth
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 19, 2017
Genre Indie rock
Length38:00
Label Dine Alone Records
Saddle Creek Records
Land of Talk chronology
Cloak and Cipher
(2010)
Life After Youth
(2017)
Indistinct Conversations
(2020)

Life After Youth is the third full-length album by Canadian indie rock band Land of Talk, released May 19, 2017 on Dine Alone Records in Canada [1] and Saddle Creek Records in the United States. [2]

Contents

The album's release followed a seven-year hiatus. [3] The album was nominated for Best Alternative Album at the Juno Awards of 2018. [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Yes You Were"2:43
2."This Time"5:48
3."Loving"3:49
4."What Was I Thinking?"2:32
5."Spiritual Intimidation"3:48
6."Heartcore"3:54
7."Inner Lover"5:23
8."World Made"3:11
9."In Florida"2:59
10."Macabre"4:47

Reviews

Upon the album's release the album was generally well-received by critics with NPR [5] giving the album a positive review along with The Irish Times where the album went on to receive a four out of a five-star rating stating the album as "the most intriguing album of immersive, de-stressed guitar pop-rock you’ll hear this summer". [6] Pitchfork gave the album a rating of 7.0 within the review it stated the album is "full of unpredictable songwriting twists and poetically opaque lyrics". [7] Paste Magazine gave the album an 8.6 rating. [8]

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References

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