A Sleep & a Forgetting
| Untitled | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 69/100 [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.9/10) [3] |
| Prefix Magazine |   [4] |
| Sputnikmusic |  [5] |
| Paste |  [6] |
A Sleep & a Forgetting is the fourth studio album by indie rock band Islands. It was released on February 14, 2012 on ANTI-.[7]
Nicholas Thorburn has called it his "strongest most cohesive record",[8] a record that "deals with loss, with memory and forgetting and with dreaming."[9]
Reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 69% based on 15 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "In a Dream It Seemed Real" | 3:21 |
| 2. | "This Is Not a Song" | 3:56 |
| 3. | "Never Go Solo" | 4:45 |
| 4. | "No Crying" | 3:05 |
| 5. | "Hallways" | 2:54 |
| 6. | "Can't Feel My Face" | 2:46 |
| 7. | "Lonely Love" | 3:40 |
| 8. | "Oh Maria" | 4:08 |
| 9. | "Cold Again" | 3:19 |
| 10. | "Don't I Love You" | 3:20 |
| 11. | "Same Thing" | 2:32 |
| 12. | "Swallows" (Bonus Track) | 3:07 |
| 13. | "Comes To Light" (Bonus Track) | 3:17 |
| 14. | "Grey Funnel Line" (Bonus Track) | 3:24 |
References
External links
- A Sleep & a Forgetting at Discogs (list of releases)