Julie Byrne with Laugh Cry Laugh

Julie Byrne with Laugh Cry Laugh
A dark teal-tinted photo of a heart-shaped ash trash on shag carpeting with a vermilion border
EP by
Julie Byrne
Released2023 (2023)
Length11:19
LanguageEnglish
LabelGhostly International
Julie Byrne chronology
The Greater Wings
(2023) 		Julie Byrne with Laugh Cry Laugh
(2023)

Julie Byrne with Laugh Cry Laugh is a 2023 extended play from American singer-songwriter Julie Byrne. The album has received positive reviews from critics.[1]

Reception

Andrew Sacher of BrooklynVegan included this among the notable releases of the week and wrote that "each song shows off a different side of Julie’s gorgeously somber sound", continuing that the album includes several genres, such as minimalist ambient pop, folk, sophisti-pop, and electro-acoustic.[2] Writing for Spill Magazine, Ljubinko Zivkovic rated this album 9 out of 10, considering it "outstanding" and a great companion to" Byrne's full-length The Greater Wings, released several months earlier, as both have "excellent songwriting, a beautiful voice, and a penchant for arrangements to match".[3] Marc Abbott of Under the Radar rated this album 8 out of 10 stars, calling it "quite possibly the perfect early Christmas present" for being "as sublime as it is subliminal".[4]

Paste ranked this the 24th best EP of the year and critic Madelyn Dawson called it "a perfect end-cap to what The Greater Wings accomplished earlier this year", which "solidifies that this was, without a doubt, Julie Byrne’s year".[5]

Track listing

  1. "’22" (Julie Byrne) – 1:58
  2. "These Days" (Jackson Browne) – 3:33
  3. "Velocity! What About the Inertia!?" (Emily Fontana, lyrical contributions by Byrne) – 2:49
  4. "Entropy Increasing" – 2:59

Personnel

Julie Byrne with Laugh Cry Laugh

  • Julie Byrne – vocals on "'22", "These Days", and "Velocity! What About the Inertia?"; guitar on "These Days"
  • Emily Fontana – bass guitar on "Velocity! What About the Inertia!?"
  • Taryn Blake Miller – synthesizer on "'22" and "Velocity! What About the Inertia!?"; guitar on "Velocity! What About the Inertia!?"; drums on "Velocity! What About the Inertia!?"; vocal harmony on "'22"; recording on "'22", "These Days", and "Velocity! What About the Inertia!?"; engineering on "'22", "These Days", and "Velocity! What About the Inertia!?"; mixing on "Entropy Increasing"

Additional personnel

  • Hara Kiri – additional mixing on "Entropy Increasing"

See also

References

  1. ^ Spanos, Brittany (October 18, 2023). "Julie Byrne Announces New EP, Covers Jackson Browne". Music > Music News. Rolling Stone. ISSN 0035-791X. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  2. ^ Sacher, Andrew (November 17, 2023). "Album Reviews: Danny Brown, Andre 3000, Racetraitor & more". Notable Releases of the Week. BrooklynVegan. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
  3. ^ Zivkovic, Ljubinko (November 17, 2023). "Spill Album Review: Julie Byrne – Julie Byrne with Laugh Cry Laugh". Album Reviews. Spill Magazine. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
  4. ^ Abbott, Marc (December 1, 2023). "Julie Byrne with Laugh Cry Laugh". Reviews. Under the Radar. ISSN 1553-2305. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  5. ^ Dawson, Madelyn (December 3, 2023). "The 30 Best EPs of 2023". Music > Lists > Best EPs. Paste. ISSN 1540-3106. Retrieved December 4, 2023.