Return to Love

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AlbumSep 23 / 201610 songs, 40m 57s
Indie Rock
Noteable

Buzzy indie tunes that revive the heyday of ‘90s lo-fi.

35

7.3 / 10

On their Sub Pop debut, LVL UP's more unhinged, existential bent gives a new weight to their songwriting.

7.3 / 10

On their Sub Pop debut, LVL UP's more unhinged, existential bent gives a new weight to their songwriting.

B

LVL UP occupies a strange space in the current indie-rock landscape—as much as the term indie rock means anything anymore. Half the band runs Double Double Whammy Records, the label responsible for Mitski’s Bury Me At Makeout Creek, Eskimeaux’s O.K., and Frankie Cosmos’ Zentropy, records that helped launch some of the…

B

LVL UP occupies a strange space in the current indie-rock landscape—as much as the term indie rock means anything anymore. Half the band runs Double Double Whammy Records, the label responsible for Mitski’s Bury Me At Makeout Creek, Eskimeaux’s O.K., and Frankie Cosmos’ Zentropy, records that helped launch some of the…

Our take on the Brooklyn indie-rockers' third LP.

Our take on the Brooklyn indie-rockers' third LP.

Influences are proudly declared like proclamations of love on LVL UP’s third album.

Influences are proudly declared like proclamations of love on LVL UP’s third album.

The third LVL UP album is a simultaneous exploration and celebration of indie rock's most addictive qualities, all sumptuously glazed with buzzing hooks.

The third LVL UP album is a simultaneous exploration and celebration of indie rock's most addictive qualities, all sumptuously glazed with buzzing hooks.

8.0 / 10

LVL UP in an anachronistic sense are heirs poised to inherit Sub Pop's "Shins mantle," a classic pop act overlapping into the Venn diagram of commercialism.

8.0 / 10

LVL UP in an anachronistic sense are heirs poised to inherit Sub Pop's "Shins mantle," a classic pop act overlapping into the Venn diagram of commercialism.