fata morgana

L’Rain

fata morgana

Fourth album from the Brooklyn based multi-instrumentalist Taja Cheek

ADM rating[?]

8.0

Label
Mexican Summer
UK Release date
14/08/2026
US Release date
14/08/2026
  1. 9.1 |   Paste Magazine

    NEW Taja Cheek constructs sonic realms that feel both tactile and freeform, a melding that assumes the spectral character of an optical illusion
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  2. 8.7 |   Beats Per Minute

    NEW A hard album to grasp initially, fata morgana might be much, much more visionary than people will initially realise, precisely because the language to describe it is still inconceivable to many
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  3. 8.5 |   Northern Transmissions

    NEW fata morgana never quite lets its feelings settle into one shape. A song can be funny until it isn’t, intimate until it becomes abrasive, beautiful until another layer of sound threatens to swallow it whole
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  4. 8.2 |   Pitchfork

    NEW The experimental Brooklyn project returns with a serene and spectral new album, using an ever-shifting musical backdrop to explore themes of illusion and doubt
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  5. 8.0 |   All Music

    NEW Co-produced with frequent collaborators Ben Chapoteau-Katz and Andrew Lappin, along with appearances from other musicians including Cibo Matto's Yuka Honda, the album often feels dreamier and more nebulous than other L'Rain albums
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  6. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    NEW On fata morgana, L’Rain continues to move in a lane all her own
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  7. 8.0 |   No Ripcord

    NEW While her arc culminates somewhat open-endedly, Cheek’s fluid inner world is always fascinating to behold
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  8. 7.8 |   Spectrum Culture

    NEW Closing a quadrilogy that began with her 2017 self-titled debut, L'Rain’s latest is built almost entirely from things slippery enough to avoid efforts to define them
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