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8.0
137500
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
With Romanticism, Vu exceeds the notable tensions of Public Storage – at once confessional and deflective, self-possessed and dissociative, direct and elusive
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8.0
137501
8.0 |
All Music
Setting its heavy heart aside, the album still affects with an emotional roller coaster of musical material, recommended together for a good dance-cry
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7.8
137519
7.8 |
Beats Per Minute
Inspiring and invigorating
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7.6
137566
7.6 |
Pitchfork
With her forceful contralto and skyscraping pop-rock, the Los Angeles songwriter’s second album is a dramatic chronicle of exiting young adulthood into an uncertain future
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7.5
137511
7.5 |
Under The Radar
Even if the record’s themes or lyrics play as a touch dramatic, Vu makes it easy to get swept up in the melodrama of each ascendant harmony and pounding guitar chord, seizing on the time when each swirl of emotion felt new and potent
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7.5
137502
7.5 |
Paste Magazine
The LA singer-songwriter makes sadness eminently danceable on her sophomore LP
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7.3
137591
7.3 |
Spectrum Culture
Vu's quarter-life crisis sounds like youthfulness, but the feelings come through sharp and focused, and as important as any other moment's tumult
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7.0
137572
7.0 |
PopMatters
Romanticism emerges as a whole, as Hana Vu’s space to ask some big questions, though the answers she’s receiving are mostly ambivalent at best
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7.0
137503
7.0 |
Clash
In the constant struggle between hiding emotion and indulging in its depths publicly, Vu satisfyingly finds a way to prioritise reflection and release.
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6.0
137504
6.0 |
Dork
Replacing the gothic, post-punk vibes for more accessible, mainstream tracks, it’s still a good indie-pop album, but you can’t help but long for slightly less glitter and slightly more grunge
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