Lust For Youth & Croatian Amor All Worlds
Lust For Youth & Croatian Amor's All Worlds greets the season with sunlit synths and club-ready rhythms that split the difference between ecstatic pop and cool distance. Across professional reviews critics find the record most alive in its high points - “Nowhere”, “Akkadian” and “Passerine” recur as standout tracks, each praised for propulsive beats, shimmering arpeggios and a bittersweet summer nostalgia that underpins the album's dancefloor optimism.
The critical consensus lands at a 72.5/100 from two professional reviews, with writers noting the collaboration's deft blend of indie-dance microgenres and glossy reference points. The Quietus celebrates All Worlds as deliriously chipper and culturally resonant, highlighting “Akkadian” for its cough-syrup stomp and “Nowhere” for fingerpicked, Burial-like rhythms. Pitchfork frames the record as a sunlit, slightly distant synth-summer, singling out “Passerine” and “Nowhere” for moments that achieve genuine lift while observing that the album sometimes feels like a string of pleasurable singles rather than a fully unified statement.
Taken together, reviews agree that All Worlds excels when its club rhythms and wistful hooks align, offering enough memorable songs to recommend the record while leaving room for listeners who prefer a more cohesive album arc. Below, the full reviews unpack how nostalgia, collaboration and genre play shape this summery, occasionally elusive collection.
Critics' Top Tracks
The standout songs that made critics take notice
Nowhere
2 mentions
"“Nowhere” is a delicately ambling ballad that pitches snippets of a male speaker"— Pitchfork
Akkadian
2 mentions
"The churning blend of dream pop and dubstep on “Akkadian” ... shouldn’t work nearly as well as it does"— Pitchfork
Passerine
2 mentions
"“Passerine” stands out as new territory for the trio—a Cocteau Twins rip so uncanny"— Pitchfork
“Nowhere” is a delicately ambling ballad that pitches snippets of a male speaker
Track Ratings
How critics rated each track, relative to this album (0-100). Only tracks that made critics feel something are rated.
Friendzone
Passerine
Dummy
Akkadian
Lights In The Center
Kokiri
Nowhere
Fleece
Velella Velella Wind Sailors
Still Here
What Critics Are Saying
Deep insights from 4 critics who reviewed this album
Critic's Take
Lust For Youth & Croatian Amor make All Worlds feel like a modern Golden Record: deliriously chipper, wide-eyed and ecstatic. The review revels in the best tracks - “Akkadian” and “Nowhere” - praising “Akkadian” for its cough syrup slur and stomping beats and “Nowhere” for its fingerpicked, Burial-like rhythms. Jon Buckland’s tone is celebratory and keen-eyed, noting how arpeggiated trance chords, game-sample flourishes and broken beats make these songs standout moments. Ultimately the record is hailed as a joyous, danceable statement that nonetheless carries melancholic refrains and cultural resonance.
Key Points
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Akkadian is the album's standout for its half-step stomping beats and glittering chords.
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The album's core strengths are its joyous, nostalgic dance textures and optimistic, club-friendly production.
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Critic's Take
Lust For Youth and Croatian Amor’s All Worlds is cast as a sunlit, slightly distant synth-summer, best appreciated for a few cresting moments - notably “Passerine” and “Nowhere”. The reviewer lingers on “Passerine” as uncanny Cocteau Twins homage and praises “Nowhere” for how its late beat kick creates real liftoff. Other highlights like “Akkadian” and “Still Here” are commended for improbably working their dream-pop/dubstep melds, even as the album sometimes reads like a pleasurable singles compilation rather than a unified statement. This is, in short, a record whose best tracks most clearly translate the summer-melancholy the band aims for.
Key Points
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“Passerine” is the album’s best track for its uncanny Cocteau Twins homage and clear standout quality.
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The album’s core strength is its sunlit, nostalgia-soaked indie dance aesthetic that yields several high points despite being uneven.
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