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Cover of Lucky Water — Cover via the Cover Art Archive ↗

Album · Compass Records · released 2026.10.09

Lucky Water

Laura Cortese

XLR rating

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Out of 10 · awaiting a listen by the desk

Press score

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Not collected yet · the reviews we read are linked below

Apple Music ↗Bandcamp ↗YouTube ↗

The player loads only when you press it · Spotify open the artist’s page, not this record · Apple Music, Bandcamp, YouTube open a search

Tracklist

01Face the Rain—:—SGR
02You're All Sound—:—SGR
03Lucky Water—:—SGR
04Calling Across the Lake—:—SGR
05Tied in a Knot—:—SGR
06Hush Now Child—:—SGR
07Starry Ceiling—:—SGR
08Half Mile Away—:—SGR
09Calling Across the Lake (Reprise)—:—SGR
10Adieu, Adieu—:—SGR

10 tracks · Titles and lengths from MusicBrainz ↗ (CC0), checked 2026.10.27 · tracks: Skip · Good · On repeat, by the desk, after listening

The desk’s take

Awaiting a listen.

When someone on the desk has heard the whole record, they write a paragraph here and sign it

What the press said

10.26Laura Cortese – Lucky Water (Compass) (13th Floor Album Review)The 13th Floor ↗
Laura Cortese’s Lucky Water is full of finely judged musical details: a rhythm that hesitates before moving forward, a woodwind instrument answering a sung phrase, a voice entering the space between…

Headlines and short excerpts from the stories we read, each linked to its source · more appear as the press publishes them

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Style tags: MusicBrainz, CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Release data: MusicBrainz ↗, matched from our headlines on 2026.10.27