PGM

A Matter Of Time

Album • Aug 22, 2025 • 14 songs, 45m 33s
Indieheads 96 Pitchfork 7.2/10 The Needle Drop 5/10 The Line of Best Fit 9/10 NME 4/5 Evening Standard 5/5 Rolling Stone 3.5/5 The Independent 5/5 The Forty Five 4/5 All Music 4/5 The Skinny 5/5 Clash 8/10 Pop Matters 8/10 Spectrum Culture 75% Uncut 8/10
The Icelandic singer not only invokes the traditions of the Great American Songbook; she indulges, interrogates, and goofs on them, adding a welcome spark to her retro mannerisms.
Laufey colours both inside and outside her established lines to create a joyful tension on A Matter of Time.
Jazz-pop star Laufey begins to unravel her fairytale world on her third album, 'A Matter Of Time' – read the NME album review
The Grammy award-winning Icelandic-Chinese singer Laufey expertly blends classic jazz and piquant pop confessions
Laufey’s gorgeous, romantic third album feels like a brilliant throwback, while Mac DeMarco’s low-fi release is slight, if unremarkable
Laufey’s third album, ‘A Matter Of Time’ proves she’s more than a jazz revivalist. Read The Forty-Five review
On a Matter of Time, Laufey conjures a fairytale world woven with jazz, pop and a ticking clock.
With a sound that straddles vocal jazz, pop and classical music, Laufey has become something of a sensation in recent years. Her ethereal sound feels like
Laufey's A Matter of Time has many charms. Like a pretty girl who denies her attractiveness, she may try too hard to convince one of what's not true.