Floating Features
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{{Infobox album
| name = Floating Features
| type = studio
| artist = La Luz
| cover = Floating Features.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2018|05|11}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre =
| length = 35:42
| label = Hardly Art
| producer = Dan Auerbach
| prev_title = Weirdo Shrine
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title = La Luz
| next_year = 2021
}}
{{Music ratings
| MC = 75/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/floating-features/la-luz|title=Metacritic Review|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=August 16, 2020}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/floating-features-mw0003147085|title=AllMusic Review|publisher=AllMusic|last=Deming|first=Mark|accessdate=August 16, 2020}}
| rev2 = DIY
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/2018/05/11/la-luz-floating-features-album-review|title=DIY Magazine Review|work=DIY|last=Peirson-Hagger|first=Ellen|date=11 May 2018 |accessdate=August 16, 2020}}
| rev3 = Exclaim!
| rev3score = 9/10{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/la_luz-floating_features|title=Exclaim! Review|website=Exclaim!|last=Schulz|first=Cosette|date=May 8, 2018|accessdate=August 16, 2020}}
| rev4 = Flood
| rev5 = Loud and Quiet
| rev5score = 7/10{{cite web|url=https://www.loudandquiet.com/reviews/la-luz-floating-features/|title=Loud and Quiet Review|website=Loud and Quiet|last=Darlington|first=Susan|date=May 7, 2018|accessdate=August 16, 2020}}
| rev6 = Paste
| rev6score = 7.9/10{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/la-luz/la-luz-floating-features-review/|title=Paste Magazine Review|work=Paste|last=DiBiasi|first=Loren|date=May 11, 2018|accessdate=August 16, 2020}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Floating Features is the third studio album by American band La Luz. It was released on May 11, 2018 under Hardly Art.{{cite web|url=https://www.jambase.com/article/la-luz-announces-new-album-floating-features-shares-single|title=La Luz Announces New Album 'Floating Features' & Shares Single|website=JamBase|last=Kahn|first=Andy|date=February 12, 2018|accessdate=August 16, 2020}}
Critical reception
Floating Features was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 75, based on 9 reviews. Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 77 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 10 reviews.{{cite web|url=https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/102337-la-luz-floating-features.php|title=Album of the Year Review|website=Album of the Year|accessdate=August 16, 2020}}
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Track listing
{{Track listing
|headline =Floating Features track listing
|title1=Floating Features
|length1=2:13
|title2=Cicada
|length2=3:11
|title3=Loose Teeth
|length3=2:47
|title4=Mean Dream
|length4=3:34
|title5=California Finally
|length5=3:21
|title6=The Creature
|length6=3:28
|title7=My Golden One
|length7=4:14
|title8=Lonely Dozer
|length8=3:15
|title9=Greed Machine
|length9=4:19
|title10=Walking Into the Sun
|length10=2:45
|title11=Don't Leave Me on the Earth
|length11=2:35
}}
Charts
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|+Chart performance for Floating Features |
| Chart (2018)
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| {{album chart|UKIndependent|33|date=20180518|rowheader=true|accessdate=August 16, 2020}} |
Personnel
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Musicians
- Shana Cleveland – lead vocals, guitar
- Alice Sandahl – keyboard
- Lena Simon – bass
- Marian Li Pino – drums, backing vocals
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Production
- Dan Auerbach – producer
- M. Allen Parker – mixing
- Richard Dodd – mastering
- Vikesh Kapoor – cover photo
- Lauren Cordon – cover art
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References
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