"Posthumous Forgiveness" is a song by Australian

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. It is the fourth track on the 2020 album ''

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'', and was released as a promotional single on 3 December 2019. The song was written by Kevin Parker, who performed all instruments and vocals. The single peaked at number eight on ''

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chart. The song was voted into 200nd place on the Australian

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Hottest 200 of 2020, which was broadcast on 24 January 2021.

Background

The song was called a "reckoning with Parker's now-deceased father", as well as a cathartic rumination on their complicated relationship and Parker now being a celebrity.

Reception

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'' thought that the riff in the first part of "Posthumous Forgiveness" sounded like something

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would have played. ''

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'' thought that the "mildly trippy effects" in the song "saps poignance" during the first two minutes.

Charts

References

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