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This Side of the Island

Hamilton Leithauser

This Side of the Island

Latest solo album from The Walkman singer recorded at co-producer Aaron Dessner’s Long Pond Studio

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
Glassnote Music
UK Release date
07/03/2025
US Release date
07/03/2025
  1. 10.0 |   Far Out

    It’s boldly powerful rock ‘n’ roll, and it’s beautiful—severing our psyche from the worries of the future with a rapt assegai of the present in full pomp
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  2. 8.0 |   Northern Transmissions

    Leithauser is in a good place, still capable of rendering poetic vignettes and playing with new musical palettes
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  3. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    Features some incredibly compelling tracks and his most sophisticated instrumentation to date
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  4. 7.3 |   Pitchfork

    The Walkmen frontman’s third solo album is scattershot and charming, full of beachside vignettes about doomed lovers and aimless wanderers
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  5. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    Sharp, charming love songs from The Walkmen’s front man, co-produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner
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  6. 6.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    This Side of the Island isn’t close to Leithauser’s best work with flaws that are hard to overlook—but not so hard that you can’t love the album for what it is
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  7. 5.5 |   Under The Radar

    There’s not much on This Side of the Island that is daring or new in terms of musical explorations, but the energetic vocals and Leithauser’s distinct delivery keeps the album afloat
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