MF Tomlinson - Die To Wake Up From a Dream (2025)


Die To Wake Up From a Dream is a rich, emotionally sweeping culmination of MF Tomlinson’s trilogy, blending folk, shoegaze, art-rock, prog, and chamber-pop into a cinematic, dream-like odyssey. He navigates themes of memory, hope, loss, and resilience with poetic clarity, transforming personal and collective anxieties into lush, evocative soundscapes. Songs like “Blink And You’ll Miss It” and the nine-minute title track fuse spectral flutes, brass, and expansive arrangements to evoke both peace and urgency. Collaborations—such as Florence Shaw’s vocals—contribute haunting, nightmarish textures that deepen the album's emotional range. Across its nine tracks, Die To Wake Up From a Dream balances introspective stillness with fabric-shifting crescendos, revealing Tomlinson at his most assured: imaginative, heartfelt, and profoundly resonant.



Genre: Art Rock
Country: Australia

Final Verdict: 66% (Good Album)
Yearly Ranking: 121th / 510

Highlight: Die to Wake Up From a Dream


Made me think of:
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Sufjan Stevens
Bon Iver


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