Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same
| Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 14 March 2025 | |||
| Length | 38:43 | |||
| Label | Tapete | |||
| The Loft chronology | ||||
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Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same is the debut studio album by English indie band the Loft. It was released on 14 March 2025 via Tapete Records in LP, CD and digital formats.[1]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [2] |
| The Arts Desk | [3] |
| Louder Than War | [1] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[4] |
The album received a five-star rating from Louder Than War, whose reviewer Ged Babey noted it as "an old-fashioned sounding record made by grey-haired veterans. But artistically it transcends any record made by anyone else in the same age-bracket, anyone else from the Creation/pre-C86 era, and any indie/guitar band full-stop."[1]
In a four-star review for AllMusic, Tim Sendra opined, the album "changes out youthful angst for grown-up angst as it dials back the guitar noise, couches the vocals in harmonies, and mostly sticks to tracks that amble along gracefully instead of charging ahead willy-nilly."[2]
Kieron Tyler of the Arts Desk rated the album four stars and commented, "The ten new songs on Everything Stays The Same sound reassuringly like the Loft, albeit with a toughened-up sound."[3]
Writing for PopMatters, John Bergstrom assigned it a rating of seven and described it as "a remarkably accomplished, confident debut, yet one that suggests there is still more of the story to be told."[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Feel Good Now" | 3:24 |
| 2. | "Dr Clarke" | 3:24 |
| 3. | "Storytime" | 4:03 |
| 4. | "Ten Years" | 3:35 |
| 5. | "Killer" | 4:00 |
| 6. | "Do the Shut Up" | 3:12 |
| 7. | "Greensward Days" | 3:22 |
| 8. | "The Elephant" | 2:57 |
| 9. | "Somersaults" | 3:17 |
| 10. | "This Machine" | 5:29 |
| Total length: | 38:43 | |
References
- ^ a b c Babey, Ged (15 March 2025). "The Loft – Everything Changes, Everything Stays The Same". Louder Than War. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ^ a b Sendra, Tim (14 March 2025). "Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same Review by Tim Sendra". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ^ a b Tyler, Kieron (15 March 2025). "Album: The Loft – Everything Changes, Everything Stays The Same". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 29 September 2025.
- ^ a b Bergstrom, John (7 April 2025). "For the Loft, Everything Changes and Stays the Same". PopMatters. Retrieved 29 September 2025.