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Goodbye Sunshine, Hello Nighttime
Pop · 2018 · 12 tracks · 45m

Goodbye Sunshine, Hello Nighttime

Family of the Year

A twilight shift from their sun-drenched roots into something more skeletal and introspective. Sparse piano and hushed harmonies for the quiet hours.

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It's the sound of the sun finally going down on your twenties.

A quiet, nocturnal reckoning with the passage of time and the fading of youthful optimism.

Goodbye Sunshine, Hello Nighttime · vs · Family of the Year
Dusk+2.7σ

Dusk saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 45m
01
Let Her Go
3:12
02
Bitter Mind
4:58
03
Hold Me Down
3:17
04
I'm the One
3:30
05
Latchkey Kids
4:47
06
Girl Who Washed Ashore
3:30
07
Numb
2:10
08
The Coast
4:58
09
Where Was I
3:48
10
Two Kids
2:35
11
Raw Honey
4:16
12
Mexico
4:32
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the harmonies on Latchkey Kids swell then dissolve into a sparse, lonely piano figure.
The transition into the hazy, atmospheric bridge of The Coast where the percussion feels like distant thunder.
The raw, unvarnished vocal delivery on Numb that feels like a whispered confession in a dark room.
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