''Twisted Crystal'' is the sixth studio album by American

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band

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. It was released on September 14, 2018, by

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Critical reception

''Twisted Crystal'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At

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, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an

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score of 79, based on 8 reviews. Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 76 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 9 reviews.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians * Kassie Carlson – vocals, violin * Stephen Cooper – bass * Sam Lisabeth – keyboard * Peter Negroponte – drums * Arian Shafiee – guitar * Nick Forté – vocals Production * Josh Druckman – producer, mixing, engineer * Joe Lambert – mastering

References

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