The Lumineers

B (Good).

Yet more of the same. It's easily their best since Cleopatra, but they still haven't had any new musical ideas since Cleopatra.

(Feb. 2025)

The folk/pop band's fourth album.

3/4 (Good).

I feel like I would like this album better if I didn't resent it a little for having just enough padding to justify charging $10, or if it did anything that wasn't done objectively better on their first two albums.

(Jan. 2022)

The folk/pop band's third album, made up of songs about three characters.

3/4 (Good).

The Concept Album concept just makes it feel like they're trying too hard to give the album a reason to exist in the absence of no new musical ideas. But I like their old stuff, and there's not a lot of it, so I don't mind if they keep doing the same thing.

Writing technique: B
Writing musicality: A
Performance technique: C
Performance musicality: A
Arrangements: B
Coherence/concept: A
Pacing/listenability: A
Recording/mastering: B
Cover art: B

Enjoyment: A

GPA: 3.4/4