Really From (album)

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Really From
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 12, 2021
Genre Indie rock [1] [2]
Length34:00
Label Topshelf
Really From chronology
Verse
(2017)
Really From
(2021)

Really From is the third studio album by American indie rock band Really From, released by Topshelf Records on March 12, 2021. It is the band's first album under their current name; they released two previous albums under their original name People Like You. [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Our Culture Mag Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Pitchfork 7.8/10 [1]

In a review for Pitchfork , Charley Ruddell said that "fusing bookish indie jazz with emo and math rock, the Boston quartet explores the complications of identity while dismantling stale indie-rock paradigms". [1]

Ian Cohen of Stereogum said that "Really From was intended as a testament not just to their diversity of experience but their collaborative experience as well". [2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Apartment Song"4:26
2."Quirk"4:21
3."Yellow Fever"3:27
4."Try Lingual"3:18
5."I Live Here Now"4:07
6."Last Kneeplay"1:07
7."I'm from Here"5:06
8."In the Spaces"5:05
9."The House"3:29
Total length:34:00

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Ruddell, Charley (March 12, 2021). "Really From - Really From". Pitchfork . Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Band To Watch: Really From". Stereogum . March 10, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  3. Muller, Karen (March 11, 2021). "Indie Jazz Band Really From Is Reframing Its Origin Story". WBUR-FM . Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  4. Pappis, Konstantinos (March 16, 2021). "Album Review: Really From, 'Really From'". Our Culture Mag .