It's a Beautiful Place

Most of the recording of It's a Beautiful Place was done in Nate Amos's bedroom,^[1][2] with Amos and Rachel Brown striving to balance a worldview that holds factors of absurdity and existentialism.^[3] Amos had worked on his home computer while producing the songs.^[2][4] It's a Beautiful Place explores themes of cosmic insignificance versus human importance, the nature of meaning, and the challenges of optimism in a difficult world alongside the darker and deeper humor.^[5][6] Amelie Grice of Clash wrote about the lead single "Life Signs" saying it "starts with a fast-paced, dry but stylish urgency which later erupts into a more typical Water From Your Eyes overflowing, energetic and enjoyably overstimulating style."^[7] She also had felt the track "Born 2" had exploded "with an instrumental introduction reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine."^[7]

It's a Beautiful Place's lead single "Life Signs" was released on June 4, 2025,^[2][8] the album was announced after the release of the song.^[9] "Playing Classics" was released as the second single on July 15.^[10] It was followed by the third and final single, "Nights in Armor", on August 18.^[11] It's a Beautiful Place would release on August 22, 2025, through Matador Records,^[12][13] as the seventh studio album by the band.^[3] Following the release of Everyone's Crushed (2023), Water from Your Eyes announced the It's a Beautiful Place Tour and its 48 concert dates throughout North America and Europe.^[5][14] The North American leg of the tour began on September 22, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and had concluded on November 7, 2025 in Denver, Colorado.^[15] About a week later European leg would start on November 13 and end on December 7.^[15]

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Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	8.1/10[16]
Metacritic	82/100[17]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[18]
Clash	8/10[7]
Exclaim!	8/10[3]
The Line of Best Fit	8/10[19]
Mojo	[20]
NME	[21]
Paste	8.7/10[22]
Pitchfork	8.3/10[23]
PopMatters	8/10[12]
The Skinny	[24]

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Editors at AnyDecentMusic? rated It's a Beautiful Place an 8.1 out of 10, based on 15 scores.^[16] According to the review aggregator Metacritic, It's a Beautiful Place received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 82 out of 100 from 15 critic scores.^[17]

Philip Sherburne of Pitchfork rated the album an 8.3 out of 10, writing it was "super chill and totally destabilizing."^[23] Paste's Vic Borlando would rate it 8.7 out of 10 saying the album "makes disenchantment feel as grandiose and overwhelming as falling out of love."^[22] Meanwhile, Exclaim's Eric Hill gave the album an 8 out of 10. Hill commented "the duo continue their upward trajectory, finding new and casually complex ways of expressing their musical minds."^[3] Another 8 out of 10 came from Alison Ross of PopMatters who praised Brown's voice for having "a quality that draws you into its secretive sphere" and the group's "stunning" musical maturity.^[12] Matty Pywell writing for NME wrote "One of indie's most unique duos embrace sci-fi sounds, frightening existentialism and a newfound heaviness," rating the record of 4 out of 5.^[21]

Devin Birse of The Line of Best Fit wrote about It's a Beautiful Place saying it’s "a screeching Hail Mary, a short self-imploding burst of infinity guitars held together by a complex web of mathy rhythms."^[19] The Skinny's Noah Barker felt that while the material is "scarce," the quality is a "renewable resource on par with a nuclear fusion plant. Choruses hum, drumlines bounce, and there's always enough subversion for leftovers".^[24] Amelie Grice writing for Clash would write that [it] is "a stylish and composed exploration of alternative musical forms." Grice woud discuss that "There is a distinctive confidence as Rachel Brown and Nate Amos weave nu-metal backbeat, indie guitar twang, piano motifs and deadpan vocals together."^[7] DIY's Dylan McNally said that it is "weird–and at times disorientating in its layers–but always brilliant. Above all else, it lives up to its name."^[6]

It's a Beautiful Place was released to all streaming platforms on August 22, 2025. In the United Kingdom, the album peaked at number 21 on the UK Independent Albums chart within a week of release.^[28] It also saw a peak of number 53 on the UK Album Downloads chart.^[29] In Scotland, It's a Beautiful Place peaked number 74 on the Scottish Albums chart composed by the Official Charts Company.^[30]

Credits from Tidal.^[31]

• Nate Amos – production, songwriting
• Rachel Brown – vocals, songwriting
• Howie Weinberg – mastering