The Past Is Still Alive

AlbumFeb 23 / 202411 songs, 36m 46s
Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter
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8.3 / 10

Alynda Segarra’s fantastic new album revives the folky textures of previous records to grapple with American myths and tragedies. It’s part folk-punk memoir, part spiritual invocation.

9 / 10

This is Segarra’s ninth studio album, and there’s a sense that, by now, they’ve learned how to trim the fat completely. The Past Is Still Alive is an album of perpetual forward motion.

Alynda Segarra invites listeners into their world of refined Americana with open arms

9.5 / 10

Alynda Segarra returns triumphantly to folk influences for their eighth album, with radical honesty and an explorative focus on solidarity.

Hurray For the Riff Raff's 'The Past Is Still Alive' Review

The latest from Alynda Segarra's shapeshifting outfit is calm and assured, but no less powerful for it.

8 / 10

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8 / 10

The candid nature of their extensive back catalogue has meant that Hurray For The Riff Raff's Alynda Segarra has already provided listeners with a stark

The US singer-songwriter reminisces about their runaway past and loved ones lost on their folk-inflected ninth album

‘The Past Is Still Alive,’ Alynda Segarra continues to ground urgent messaging in richly personal and vulnerable storytelling.

9 / 10

Hurray for the Riff understands that we are all part of the same world and share the same past. The past may be alive, but that doesn't make us zombies.

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Album Reviews: Hurray For The Riff Raff - The Past Is Still Alive

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Nonbinary singer-songwriter Alynda Segarra grapples with the reality of being an outsider in this collection of songs that ache with real heart but never surrender

8 / 10