''Beach Music'' is the sixth studio album by American musician Alex G, released on October 9, 2015, through

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, his first album under the label.

Critical reception

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, ''Beach Music'' received an

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score of 73, based on 18 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

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critic Marcy Donelson said, "Despite its experimental elements and trippy sensibility, ''Beach Music'' is relentlessly intimate, moving, and hard to shake—a notable trait for a young if experienced recording artist." '' Spin''s Sasha Geffen wrote, "Alex G has always found power in the broken and uncertain. He’s just gotten a lot braver about spinning that chaos into beauty." The magazine later named it the tenth best album of 2015. Sam Shepherd of '' MusicOMH'' said, "''Beach Music'' will almost certainly push Alex G into the wider consciousness, and rightly so." ''

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''s Kate Hutchinson thought the album sounds "familiar, yet impossibly charming." Sophie Weiner of ''

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'' stated, "By the time you've gotten used to ''Beach Music''s relaxed melancholy, it's become a much-needed refuge." Writing for ''

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'', Jon Pareles said, "Alex G's narrators have often been traumatized, druggie, lovesick or inscrutable, and moving up the

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circuit hasn't made his new songs any more outgoing. Just the opposite: They are more cryptic and withdrawn." Stephen Jenkins of ''

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'' wrote, "Whether it haunts you, puts you in a dreamlike state, or simply makes you hum along, ''Beach Music'' is an album which should be listened to without hesitation." ''

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'' writer Adam Kivel said, "''Beach Music'' feels like the work of an artist a few steps ahead of his audience, jumping to answer their expectations of a DIY darling taking on the trappings of a label." ''

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''s Pat Healy said, "Complicated arrangements and gorgeous melodies reveal themselves to you as rewards for your patience. Over time, even the alien voices begin to sound natural, even inviting."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Beach Music''. * Alex Giannascoli – production, engineering * Rachel Giannascoli – vocals * John Slavin – trumpet * Mike Corso – electric upright bass * Emily Yacina – vocal harmony * Jacob Portrait – mixing * Heba Kadry – mastering

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2015 albums Alex G albums Domino Recording Company albums