Floating Features

2018 studio album by La Luz

Floating Features

Studio album by

La Luz

Released| May 11, 2018 (2018-05-11)
Length| 35:42
Label| Hardly Art
Producer| Dan Auerbach
La Luz chronology
| Weirdo Shrine
(2015)  | Floating Features
(2018)  | La Luz
(2021)

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Professional ratingsAggregate scores

Source| Rating
Metacritic| 75/100[1]
Review scores
Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
DIY| [3]
Exclaim!| 9/10[4]
Flood| 7/10[5]
Loud and Quiet| 7/10[6]
Paste| 7.9/10[7]

Floating Features is the third studio album by American band La Luz. It was released on May 11, 2018 under Hardly Art.[8]

## Critical reception

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Floating Features was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 75, based on 9 reviews.[1] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 77 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 10 reviews.[9]

### Accolades

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Accolades for Floating Features Publication  | Accolade  | Rank

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Bandcamp | Bandcamp's Top 100 Albums of 2018  |

4[10]

Flavorwire | Flavorwire's Top 25 Albums of 2018  |

23[11]

Loud and Quiet | Loud and Quiet's Top 40 Albums of 2018  |

38[12]

Louder Than War | Louder Than War's Top 78 Albums of 2018  |

16[13]

Passion of the Weiss | Passion of the Weiss' Top 50 Albums of 2018  |

14[14]

## Track listing

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Floating Features track listingNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Floating Features"| 2:13
2.| "Cicada"| 3:11
3.| "Loose Teeth"| 2:47
4.| "Mean Dream"| 3:34
5.| "California Finally"| 3:21
6.| "The Creature"| 3:28
7.| "My Golden One"| 4:14
8.| "Lonely Dozer"| 3:15
9.| "Greed Machine"| 4:19
10.| "Walking Into the Sun"| 2:45
11.| "Don't Leave Me on the Earth"| 2:35

## Charts

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Chart performance for Floating Features Chart (2018)  | Peak
position

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UK Independent Albums (OCC)[15] | 33

## Personnel

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Musicians

* Shana Cleveland – lead vocals, guitar
* Alice Sandahl – keyboard
* Lena Simon – bass
* Marian Li Pino – drums, backing vocals

Production

* Dan Auerbach – producer
* M. Allen Parker – mixing
* Richard Dodd – mastering
* Vikesh Kapoor – cover photo
* Lauren Cordon – cover art

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## References

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1. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
2. ^ Deming, Mark. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
3. ^ Peirson-Hagger, Ellen (May 11, 2018). "DIY Magazine Review". DIY. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
4. ^ Schulz, Cosette (May 8, 2018). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
5. ^ Schube, Will (May 17, 2018). "Flood Magazine Review". Flood Magazine. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
6. ^ Darlington, Susan (May 7, 2018). "Loud and Quiet Review". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
7. ^ DiBiasi, Loren (May 11, 2018). "Paste Magazine Review". Paste. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
8. ^ Kahn, Andy (February 12, 2018). "La Luz Announces New Album 'Floating Features' & Shares Single". JamBase. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
9. ^ "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
10. ^ "Bandcamp Daily's Best Albums of 2018". Album of the Year. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
11. ^ Barnes, Shane (December 8, 2018). "The 25 Best Albums of 2018". Flavorwire. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
12. ^ "The Loud and Quiet Best 40 Albums of 2018". Loud and Quiet. December 7, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
13. ^ "Albums of the Year 2018". Louder Than War. December 9, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
14. ^ "The POW Best Albums of 2018". Passion of the Weiss. December 24, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
15. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 16, 2020.

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