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This article is about the Islands album. For the short story, see A Sleep and a Forgetting. 2012 studio album by Islands
A Sleep & a Forgetting
Studio album by Islands
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2012
GenreIndie rock
Length47:34
LabelANTI-
Islands chronology
Vapours
(2009)
A Sleep & a Forgetting
(2012)
Ski Mask
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic69/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Pitchfork Media(7.9/10)
Prefix Magazine
Sputnikmusic
Paste

A Sleep & a Forgetting is the fourth studio album by indie rock band Islands. It was released on February 14, 2012 on ANTI-.

Nicholas Thorburn has called it his "strongest most cohesive record", a record that "deals with loss, with memory and forgetting and with dreaming."

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".

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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

  1. ^ "Metacritic review".
  2. "Allmusic review".
  3. "Pitchfork review".
  4. "Prefix review".
  5. "Sputnik review".
  6. "Paste Magazine review".
  7. "ANTI- artist page".
  8. "Nick Thorburn Interview".
  9. "ANTI- album release announcement".

External links

Islands
Studio albums
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