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90
Sputnikmusic

On five seconds flat, Lizzy McAlpine hits the bulls-eye 14 times in a row.

80
AllMusic
There's an arresting quality to Lizzy McAlpine's music, one that holds you in the moment and makes you aware of the air in the room
80
Dork
Lizzy McAlpine’s ‘five seconds flat’ is all flashes of clean white sheets, sunlight streaming through the blinds, the first stir of your coffee on a morning. Over the course of the album, the 22-year-old finds herself traversing through gut-punching heartbreak: each track feels like another step on tentative feet.
70
The Line of Best Fit

McAlpine showcases her skill as a singer, songwriter and storyteller, making five seconds flat an excellent soundtrack to the universally relatable state of broken-heartedness.

BradTasteMusic
59

We have the Phoebiest of Phoebe Bridgers at home. This album at points sounds identical to Phoebe. It starts off in a really unlikable way, and slowly strips things back in a nice way. It has a strong sense of story, but I do not like the overall songs on this album. Occasional beauty.

To me this record is alright.
I like the production quite a lot, but very little is done with it. I love the way the instruments sound real, and you can distinguish them, and it's not all loud sludge pumping in ... read more

TGGoomba
80

phoebe bridgers for straight people

MusicalWorldOfJ
90

this album feels like the initial caffeine rush after drinking iced coffee. idk how else to describe this and make it appealing enough. but this thing is FANTASTIC. improves upon all the ideas she put in place in her debut Give Me A Minute, and throws in a few other new ideas, and blends everything together seamlessly. this is truly a magical pop album.

bethanybee
100

Lizzy's ability with storytelling is phenomenal, her lyrics really capture the feelings and emotions of love, growing up and the different stages of heartbreak and moving on.

The short film really showed how amazing this album is, with all the visuals and metaphors really enhance the album.

I love storytelling albums, especially when each song becomes more and more relatable and you can imagine yourself within the lyrics.

This goes especially for the track 'reckless driving' with both ... read more

77

I mean it's good but it is just a bit boring for me.

NR

Finding myself returning to this album time and time again, I cannot describe five seconds flat as anything but brilliant. Lizzy McAlpine's vocals are simultaneously smooth and heavy. The production is incredibly engaging while allowing the lyrics to lay the impact they were so artfully created to do. Highlights of the album are chemtrails, firearm, and all my ghosts. The weakest tracks are weird and hate to be lame.

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Track List

1doomsday
4:28
89
2an ego thing
2:50
80
3erase me
3:34
88
4called you again
3:12
83
5all my ghosts
3:17
85
6reckless driving
3:09
85
7weird
3:29
73
8ceilings
3:02
91
9what a shame
2:48
80
10firearm
3:02
85
11hate to be lame
2:36
feat. FINNEAS
84
12nobody likes a secret
1:48
76
13chemtrails
3:57
83
14orange show speedway
3:46
85
Total Length: 45 minutes

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