Exister (album)
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| Exister | ||||
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| Released | September 23, 2022 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk,[1] darkwave[2] | |||
| Length | 36:45 | |||
| Label | Sacred Bones | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100[4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| BPM | 65%[5] |
| Loud and Quiet | 5/10[6] |
| Pitchfork | 7.4/10[2] |
| Slant Magazine | [7] |
Exister is the fifth and final studio album by American post-punk band The Soft Moon. It was released on September 23, 2022, by Sacred Bones Records, and was the band's last release of new music before frontman Luis Vasquez' death in 2024.[8]
Critical reception
Exister 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 79, based on 5 reviews.[4]
At Slant Magazine, critic writer Fred Barrett wrote: "Like 2018's Criminal, the album represents another step forward for the Soft Moon, as Vasquez processes his pain with a newfound level of honesty, and an uncanny ability to build on the well-established musical ideas he so enthusiastically draws from."[7]
