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Gemini Rights
Studio album by
Steve Lacy
ReleasedJuly 15, 2022 (2022-07-15)
Genre
Length34:57
Label
Producer
Steve Lacy chronology
Apollo XXI
(2019) 		Gemini Rights
(2022)
Singles from Gemini Rights
  1. "Mercury"
    Released: June 16, 2022
  2. "Bad Habit"
    Released: June 29, 2022
  3. "Sunshine"
    Released: July 13, 2022

Gemini Rights is the second studio album by American musician Steve Lacy, released on July 15, 2022, through L-M and RCA Records. It follows Lacy's debut album Apollo XXI (2019), and was preceded by the singles "Mercury",[1] "Bad Habit"[2] and "Sunshine" featuring Fousheé.[3] The album also includes a guest appearance from Lacy's Internet bandmate, keyboardist Matt Martians.

Background

Lacy produced "about 90% of the record" and came up with the title while "tipsy" at a bar, also telling Zane Lowe that he wanted Gemini Rights to be concise so listeners could "make a decision to want to keep playing it again".[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic82/100[5]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash7/10[6]
The Guardian[7]
Hot Press8/10[8]
Loud and Quiet6/10[9]
The Music[10]
NME[11]
Pitchfork7.1/10[12]
Rolling Stone[13]

Gemini Rights received a score of 82 out of 100, based on four critics' reviews, at review aggregator Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim”.[5] Mankaprr Conteh of Rolling Stone wrote that the album "feels like the product of a grand jam session" and a "tight collection of rock and R&B, funk and jazz, psych and hip-hop that's as warm and airy as the cusp of summer, when Geminis are born".[13] Reviewing the album for NME, Thomas Smith found Lacy's "musical palette is more refined and vibrant than ever", describing the album as a "fearlessly funky" and "seriously steamy" follow-up with "bold leaps forward and artistic flourishes" that is a "more polished and assured work than his debut".[11]

Shahzaib Hussain stated that Lacy "taps into the legacy of The Love Below-era André 3000" as he "channels the musical touchstones of yesteryear into something reachable for a generation exploring more than ever before concepts of personal autonomy and identity", although "the heady high of hedonism" offered by the album "is only ever fleeting and it never really fills the void".[6] Luke Cartledge of Loud and Quiet acknowledged that the album is "not without flaws: occasionally, the lozenge-smooth nature of the production allows some tracks to drift into coffee-table politeness" and "easygoing groove or pseudo-improv [...] But such shortcomings are easily forgiven; the self-assurance of Steve Lacy is far from unearned".[9]

Track listing

Gemini Rights track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Static"
2:36
2."Helmet"
3:21
3."Mercury"
4:55
4."Buttons"
  • Lacy
  • Natche
  • Rise
3:04
5."Bad Habit"
  • Lacy
  • Fousheé
  • Gordon
  • Kirby
  • Matthew Castellanos
3:52
6."2Gether (Enterlude)" (with Matt Martians)
0:50
7."Cody Freestyle"
  • Lacy
  • Fousheé
4:00
8."Amber"Lacy2:53
9."Sunshine" (featuring Fousheé)
4:53
10."Give You the World"
  • Lacy
  • Natche
  • Rise
4:33
Total length:34:57

References

  1. ^ Strauss, Matthew (June 16, 2022). "Steve Lacy Announces New Album Gemini Rights, Shares New Song 'Mercury': Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  2. ^ Saunders, Brycen (June 29, 2022). "Steve Lacy Drops New Track 'Bad Habit'". Hypebeast. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  3. ^ Breihan, Tom (July 13, 2022). "Steve Lacy Teams Up With Fousheé On New Single "Sunshine": Listen". Stereogum. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  4. ^ Price, Joe (July 16, 2022). "Steve Lacy Releases New Album 'Gemini Rights' f/ Matt Martians and Fousheé". Complex. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Gemini Rights by Steve Lacy Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Hussain, Shahzaib (July 15, 2022). "Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights | Reviews". Clash. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  7. ^ Joshi, Tara (July 17, 2022). "Steve Lacy: Gemini Rights review – a sumptuous listen". The Guardian. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  8. ^ Holland, Nora (July 15, 2022). "Album Review: Steve Lacy, Gemini Rights". Hot Press. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  9. ^ a b Cartledge, Luke (July 15, 2022). "Steve Lacy – Gemini Rights – Album Review". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  10. ^ Tritsiniotis, Parry (July 15, 2022). "Steve Lacy / Gemini Rights". The Music. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  11. ^ a b Smith, Thomas (July 15, 2022). "Steve Lacy – 'Gemini Rights' review: a fearlessly funky follow-up from The Internet guitarist". NME. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  12. ^ Kearse, Stephen (July 20, 2022). "Steve Lacy: Gemini Rights Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
  13. ^ a b Conteh, Mankaprr (July 15, 2022). "Steve Lacy's 'Gemini Rights' Is Brilliantly Mercurial". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
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