Lucre (EP)
| Lucre | ||||
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| EP by Dean Blunt, Elias Rønnenfelt, and Vegyn | ||||
| Released | 1 January 2025 | |||
| Genre | Experimental music[1] | |||
| Length | 15:58 | |||
| Label | World Music | |||
| Dean Blunt chronology | ||||
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Lucre is an EP by British musician Dean Blunt, Danish vocalist and Iceage member Elias Rønnenfelt, and British producer Vegyn. It was initially released in full on YouTube on 1 January 2025,[2][3] and later released on streaming platforms on 7 February 2025. The EP features seven tracks, with each being titled numerically.[4]
Dean Blunt and Rønnenfelt previously collaborated on 2023 single "Smile Please" and the track "Repeat Offenders" on the 2024 album Backstage Raver.[4]
Critical reception
Samuel Hyland, writing for Pitchfork, gave Lucre a rating of 7.5, describing the music "as a soundtrack for trying to remember a dream about your crush".[1] Jordan Darville of The Fader characterized the EP as being more "revitalized by a production that scans more keenly" as a project that "turns its eye more firmly towards the last few decades of British indie music".[2] Bonnibel Lilith Rampertab of the University of Connecticut's The Daily Campus gave the project a 4 out of 5 star rating, describing it "a flourishing proof of concept", adding that the "instrumentation is polished and extremely satisfying to listen to".[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "1" | 1:29 |
| 2. | "2" | 2:09 |
| 3. | "3" | 2:19 |
| 4. | "4" | 2:59 |
| 5. | "5" | 2:00 |
| 6. | "6" | 1:32 |
| 7. | "7" | 3:27 |
| Total length: | 15:58 | |
References
- ^ a b Hyland, Samuel (23 January 2025). "Dean Blunt: lucre EP". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ a b Darville, Jordan (3 January 2025). "Dean Blunt shares lucre EP featuring Elias Rønnenfelt and Vegyn". The Fader. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ Deville, Chris (1 January 2025). "Stream Dean Blunt's New 'LUCRE' EP Feat. Elias Rønnenfelt & Vegyn". Stereogum. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- ^ a b c Rampertab, Bonnibel Lilith (11 February 2025). "'lucre': Dean Blunt and Elias Rønnenfelt converge beautifully". The Daily Campus. Retrieved 13 February 2025.