| Sorry I Haven't Called | ||||
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| Released | September 15, 2023 | |||
| Recorded | 2021–2022 | |||
| Length | 34:07 | |||
| Label | Nonesuch | |||
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Sorry I Haven't Called is the third studio album by Cameroon-born musician Laetitia Tamko, under the stage name Vagabon. It was released on September 15, 2023, through Nonesuch.
Tamko moved to a remote village in Northern Germany in late 2021, where she wrote and recorded most of the album. The project is dedicated to collaborator Eric Littmann, who died in June 2021. [1] However, she clarified that the music had nothing to do with her grief but being "full of life and energy". [2] According to her, she did not intend to be "introspective" but just wanted to have fun with the album. [3] The album was co-produced by Tamko herself and Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend, who helped her finish the record in late 2022. [4] Inspired by dance music, the record represents the way she communicates with her friends and lovers. [5] She believes that "honesty and conversational songwriting can become poetry" without the use of "metaphors and without flowery imagery". [6]
She announced the album on June 15, 2023, and released the lead single "Can I Talk My Shit?", an "understated and blissfully chill track", the same day. [3] Along with the record, Tamko announced a set of headlining shows in the United States and Europe with supporting act Weyes Blood starting in October 2023. [2]
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.5/10 [7] |
| Metacritic | 79/100 [8] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [9] |
| Clash | 8/10 [10] |
| DIY | [11] |
| Loud and Quiet | 8/10 [12] |
| MusicOMH |  [13] |
| Paste | 8.3/10 [14] |
| Pitchfork | 7.4/10 [15] |
| The Skinny | [16] |
| Slant Magazine | [17] |
Sorry I Haven't Called received a score of 79 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on eight critics' reviews, indicating a "generally favorable" reception. [8] Jo Higgs at The Skinny could confirm the intentions behind the record and stated that the album is indeed "not premised on sorrow but instead delineates a pathway to joy", calling it another one of Tamko's "majestic reinventions". [16] Likewise, DIY 's Jack Terry reiterated Tamko's sentiments when recording the album, calling it a "pursuit of happiness" without the use of "mysterious metaphors or lofty linguistics". [11] Charles Lyons-Burt of Slant Magazine thought Tamko delivered a "serviceable enough pop effort" but most of her "edges have been sadly sanded away", as she "leans in a more tonally upbeat direction than her previous releases". [17] Reviewing the album for Pitchfork , Mary Retta described it as a "bright, dewy electro-pop album [that] depicts growing up with candor and levity" as well as observing that it "illustrates a shift in Tamko's storytelling: She sidesteps diffuse, open-ended imagery for blunt, informal observations". [15]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Can I Talk My Shit?" |
| 3:25 | |
| 2. | "Carpenter" |
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| 3:19 |
| 3. | "You Know How" |
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| 2:44 |
| 4. | "Lexicon" |
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| 2:57 |
| 5. | "Passing Me By" |
|
| 3:13 |
| 6. | "Autobahn" |
|
| 3:28 |
| 7. | "Nothing to Lose" | Tamko |
| 2:22 |
| 8. | "It's a Crisis" |
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| 2:32 |
| 9. | "Do Your Worst" |
| 3:27 | |
| 10. | "Interlude" | Tamko |
| 0:44 |
| 11. | "Made Out with Your Best Friend" |
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| 2:45 |
| 12. | "Anti-Fuck" |
| 3:11 | |
| Total length: | 34:07 | |||
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| Chart (2023) | Peak position |
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| Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ) [18] | 11 |
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