Loma Vista

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Loma Vista
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 10, 2012
Genre Indie rock, indie folk, indie pop
Length38:06
Label Nettwerk
Producer Wax Ltd, Family of the Year
Family of the Year chronology
Songbook
(2009)
Loma Vista
(2012)
Family of the Year
(2015)
Singles from Loma Vista
  1. "St. Croix"
    Released: March 6, 2012
  2. "Diversity"
    Released: May 29, 2012
  3. "Hero"
    Released: October 12, 2012
  4. "The Stairs"
    Released: 2013

Loma Vista is the major-label debut studio album by American band Family of the Year. It was released on July 10, 2012. The album peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Folk Album chart in April 2013, [1] and has sold 32,000 copies in the United States as of August 2015. [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
DIY 6/10 [6]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Loma Vista received positive reviews from critics upon release. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 78/100 based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]

Track listing

All songs written by Joseph Keefe, except where noted.

  1. "The Stairs" (Joseph Keefe, Christina Schroeter) - 3:51
  2. "Diversity" - 3:40
  3. "St. Croix" (Joseph Keefe, James Buckey, Sebastian Keefe, Christina Schroeter) - 3:35
  4. "Buried" - 3:07
  5. "Hero" - 3:10
  6. "Everytime" - 2:47
  7. "Living on Love" (Joseph Keefe, James Buckey, Sebastian Keefe, Christina Schroeter) - 3:23
  8. "Hey Ma" - 3:38
  9. "In the End" (Joseph Keefe, James Buckey, Sebastian Keefe, Christina Schroeter) - 4:20
  10. "Never Enough" - 3:19
  11. "Find It" (Joseph Keefe, James Buckey) - 3:50

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [8] 77
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 31
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [10] 80
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [11] 35
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [12] 23

References

  1. "Top Folk Albums: April 27, 2013" . Billboard.
  2. "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on August 25, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Loma Vista by Family of the Year Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  4. Schnee, Steve. "Loma Vista - Family of the Year". AllMusic . Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  5. Koellner, Amanda (July 19, 2012). "Family of the Year - Loma Vista". Consequence of Sound . Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  6. Man, Bevis. "Family of the Year - Loma Vista". DIY . Archived from the original on August 8, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  7. "Family Of The Year – 'Loma Vista'". NME . July 8, 2012. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  8. "Ultratop.be – Family of the Year – Loma Vista" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  9. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  10. "Swisscharts.com – Family of the Year – Loma Vista". Hung Medien.
  11. "Family of the Year Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard.
  12. "Family of the Year Chart History (Top Americana/Folk Albums)". Billboard.