Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022) (Limited Clear Vinyl)

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Dutchcharts.nl – Fred Again.. – Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9, 2022)" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 29, 2022. Fred Again..: Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9, 2022)" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved November 29, 2022. After three Fred again.. full-lengths in the span of 18 months, we’re no closer to knowing who he is or why we should care about his intimately documented life, beyond the fact that he has fashionable friends, likes listening to music, and has experienced his share of grief in recent years. Of the three records, Actual Life (April 14 - December 17 2020) is probably the most interesting, its gently mournful air reflecting the claustrophobic times in which it was made. But three albums of this indistinct sadness—think Burial meets Disclosure as James Blake looks on longingly—is too much. Actual Life 3 clearly couldn’t have been made by just anyone, but it sometimes feels like it might as well have been. The documentary approach to music can work extremely well— Joy Orbison used samples from his personal life on his excellent 2021 mixtape Still Slipping Vol. 1 to create music that burst with familiarity, depth, and insight—but it often feels like Fred again.. is pulling away from the big reveal, chafing at the idea of giving too much away. There’s no essence revealed here. You hope that recording Actual Life 3 was cathartic for him, but for the listener it feels slightly indulgent, with the troublesome hint of a memory card full of vacation photos.

Austriancharts.at – Fred Again.. – Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9, 2022)" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 29, 2022.

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