Die to Wake Up from a Dream
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| Die to Wake Up from a Dream | ||||
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| Studio album by MF Tomlinson | ||||
| Released | 11 July 2025 | |||
| Length | 63:58 | |||
| Label | PRAH | |||
| Producer | MF Tomlinson | |||
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| Singles from Die to Wake Up from a Dream | ||||
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Die to Wake Up from a Dream is a studio album by London-based Australian musician MF Tomlinson.[1] It was released on 11 July 2025 via PRAH.[2]
Die to Wake Up from a Dream is the third release from a trilogy by Tomlinson, composed of self-produced albums "exploring memory, hope, and the subconscious".[1] It encompasses elements of art rock and shoegaze.[3]
The title track was released as the lead single on 24 March 2025.[2] Tomlinson described it as "a treatise on resilience, hope and the frankly wildly psychedelic experience of being alive."[2]
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| God Is in the TV | 9/10[1] |
| The Line of Best Fit | 7/10[4] |
| Spill Magazine |   [3] |
Ed Jupp of God Is in the TV described the album as "phenomenal" and "ultra-widescreen", noting "It's dreamlike – but then not all dreams are good ones; parts of this record are pretty nightmarish."[1] Spill's Ljubinko Zivkovic remarked, "This time around, he brings in some of the best elements of the Aussie greats that were the Go-Betweens and the Triffids."[3]
The album received a 7/10 rating from the Line of Best Fit, whose reviewer Christopher Hamilton-Peach noted it as "undeniably idiosyncratic in intention" and "torn between competing openness and oppressive pressure, with symmetry and discord revolving in a feverish subconscious world."[4]