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Softscars

yeule

Softscars

Third album of ambient / glitch pop from London-based, Singapore-born producer Nat Cmiel

ADM rating[?]

7.8

Label
Ninja Tune
UK Release date
22/09/2023
US Release date
22/09/2023
  1. 8.6 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    It’s astonishing how luridly Yeule maps the cracks in their own mental health across the album, yet I can hardly imagine anyone else radiating so much joy and vitality at every turn in doing so
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  2. 8.5 |   Pitchfork

    On their riveting new album, the 25-year-old singer-songwriter-producer shifts from future-shocked electronic pop to a super-sized emotional bloodletting steeped in ’90s alternative
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  3. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    Ultimately softscars is a record about self-acceptance and the rocky road that's forever under construction that leads there. It's a process that's taken its toll on yeule, but, as the name suggests, the wounds are starting to heal
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  4. 8.0 |   All Music

    While it's not always as easy to listen to as yeule's previous recordings, softscars contains some of their strongest songwriting and most daring sound design, and feels like the most honest expression of their vision to date
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  5. 8.0 |   NME

    The Singaporean-born, LA-based artist’s third album sheds the high-concept for humanity
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  6. 8.0 |   Slant Magazine

    With their third studio album, the artist expands, refines, and masters their creative vision
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  7. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    The album is a transition for yeule both musically and thematically, taking a step forward from their previous work
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  8. 8.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    An undeniably sharp collection of songs
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  9. 8.0 |   Dork

    Yeule couldn’t sound more comfortable as the record bounces between bedroom pop admissions and urgent party-starting ragers
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  10. 8.0 |   The Observer

    Ethereal tendencies give way to screamo and shredding on the Singaporean-British songwriter’s third album
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  11. 7.9 |   Beats Per Minute

    A voyager who’s attuned to the ways of humankind – eminently capable of engaging on their own terms
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  12. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    In weird ways, Yeule’s softscars works as a satisfying slice of artful pop for the Anthropocene that oozes catastrophe and captures a real cultural moment
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  13. 7.0 |   DIY

    A touching third act
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