Tomorrow's Fire

Editors at AnyDecentMusic? aggregated eight reviews and scored this release a 7.7 out of 10.^[1] According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Tomorrow's Fire received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 81 out of 100 from eight critic scores.^[2] Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Timothy Monger writing that "the album's feeling of overcast turbulence dovetails neatly with the sweet, yawning melodies that are one of [Squirrel Flower]'s trademarks".^[3] In Exclaim!, Jordan Currie gave this album 8 out of 10 for having music that "feels like a tangible, lived-in location of its own".^[4] Alexa Viscius of Glide Magazine praised Squirrel Flower's "ability to write such stunning sentiments and deliver them with just the right emotions is a clinic on the use of tone and allows her music to come off as a dark yet unforgettable novella".^[5] Paste's Eric Bennett rated this release an 8.8 out of 10, calling it the best Squirrel Flower album to date, highlighting the emotional depth of the lyrics with "songs [that] are an exercise in relief, the sonic equivalent of those rooms where you pay to smash chairs or whip a vase at the wall", as well as lighter themes.^[6] Writing for Pitchfork, Marissa Lorusso scored this album a 7.4 out of 10, characterizing it as "a compact, muscular record guided by a single-minded intensity".^[7] Editors of Rolling Stone chose Tomorrow's Fire as a "Hear This" pick, with critic Leah Lu calling it the act's best album yet and "most outwardly rocking record".^[8]

Editors at Paste chose this for the 45th best album of 2023^[9] and rated it one of the 30 best rock albums of the year.^[10] Critics at Rolling Stone included this among the 40 best indie rock albums of 2023.^[11] At Under the Radar, this was rated the 54th best album of 2023.^[12] Editors at AllMusic included this among their favorite singer-songwriter music albums of 2023.^[13]

1. "i don’t use a trash can" – 2:57
2. "Full Time Job" – 1:57
3. "Alley Light" – 3:14
4. "Almost Pulled Away" – 4:17
5. "Stick" – 3:02
6. "When a Plant Is Dying" – 4:26
7. "Intheskatepark" – 2:25
8. "Canyon" – 3:42
9. "What Kind of Dream Is This?" – 4:04
10. "Finally Rain" – 4:08

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