Twelvefour

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = The AU Review

| rev1Score = 9.5/10

| rev2 = The Music

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev3 = News.com.au

| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}

| rev4 = PPcorn

| rev4Score = (positive)

| rev5 = Renowned for Sound

| rev5Score = {{Rating|5|5}}

| rev6 = Rolling Stone Australia

| rev6Score = {{Rating|3|5}}

| rev7 = Vulture Magazine

| rev7Score = (positive)

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Gareth Hipwell of Rolling Stone Australia gave the album three out of five stars and felt "Revelator Eyes" sounded as if "The muses of the witching hour [...] have breathed some hazy Eighties nostalgia" into Bentley's songwriting.{{cite web|url=http://rollingstoneaus.com/reviews/post/the-paper-kites-twelvefour/2135|title=Rolling Stone Australia — The Paper Kites – twelvefour|work=Rolling Stone Australia|date=25 August 2015|access-date=13 October 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830003329/http://rollingstoneaus.com/reviews/post/the-paper-kites-twelvefour/2135|archive-date=August 30, 2015}} However, Hipwell criticised his often "insubstantial lyrics".

The AU Review called the album a "fluid progression of sounds and ideas" as well as "[h]ypnotic, whimsical and otherworldly".{{cite web|url=http://www.theaureview.com/albums/the-paper-kites-twelvefour-2015-lp|title=Album Review: The Paper Kites – Twelvefour (2015) {{!}} the AU review|work=The AU Review|author=Macdonald, Emmylou|date=24 August 2015|access-date=13 October 2015}} Jessica Morris of the US-based website PPcorn deemed the album "[c]omplex and delicate" as well as "profound".{{cite web|url=http://ppcorn.com/us/the-paper-kites-twelvefour-track-by-track-album-review/|title=The Paper Kites: 'twelvefour' Track-By-Track Album Review|work=PPcorn|author=Morris, Jessica|date=27 August 2015|access-date=13 June 2018}}

Michael Smith of Renowned for Sound gave the album a perfect score of five out of five stars, opining that the change to an upbeat style was a "logical evolution" of the band's sound, and commended "Bentley's consistently moving vocals to the sheer quality of the guitar riffs that give the songs their power".{{cite web|url=http://renownedforsound.com/index.php/album-review-the-paper-kites-twelvefour/|title=Renowned for Sound {{!}} Album Review: The Paper Kites – twelvefour|work=Renowned for Sound|author=Smith, Michael|date=3 September 2015|access-date=13 October 2015}} Sara Tamim of Vulture Magazine was "fabulously yet not surprisingly impressed" by the band's second album; she also remarked positively on the interchange of styles and the "new, flurry sound with intergalactic guitar vibes" of opening track "Electric Indigo".{{cite web|url=http://vulturemagazine.com.au/album-review-the-paper-kites-twelvefour/|title=Vulture Magazine – Album Review: The Paper Kites' twelvefour|work=Vulture Magazine|author=Tamim, Sara|date=28 August 2015|access-date=13 October 2015}}

Rating the album four out of five stars, Roshan Clarke of The Music labeled the album a "gorgeous listening experience" and expressed that the "glowing album cover and moody track names like 'Electric Indigo' reflect th[e] nocturnal theme [of the record], but the warm instrumentation transcends any particular time of day".{{cite web|url=http://themusic.com.au/music/albumreviews/2015/08/19/the-paper-kites-twelvefour-roshan-clerke/|title=The Paper Kites twelvefour Roshan Clarke theMusic.com.au {{!}} Australia's Premier Music News & Reviews Website|work=The Music|author=Clarke, Roshan|date=19 August 2015|access-date=13 October 2015}}

Writing for News.com.au, Mikey Cahill judged that the album is primarily devoid of egos—"what you hear is what you get".{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/latest-album-reviews-duran-duran-stereophonics-the-paper-kites-natalie-imbruglia-jarryd-james/story-e6frfn09-1227521433329|title=Latest Album Reviews: Duran Duran, Stereophonics, The Paper Kites, Natalie Imbruglia & Jarryd James|website=News.com.au|author1=Adams, Cameron|author2=Cahill, Mikey|name-list-style=amp|date=10 September 2015|access-date=13 October 2015}} Rating the album three out of five stars, Cahill went on to state that the band sound "calm and delirious" on "Bleed Confusion" and that "Woke Up from a Dream" is "timeless Americana".

{{Track listing

| all_lyrics = Sam Bentley

| all_music = The Paper Kites

| title1 = Electric Indigo

| length1 = 3:43

| title2 = Renegade

| length2 = 3:55

| title3 = Bleed Confusion

| length3 = 4:21

| title4 = Revelator Eyes

| length4 = 4:22

| title5 = Neon Crimson

| length5 = 4:23

| title6 = I'm Lying to You Cause I'm Lost

| length6 = 3:32

| title7 = A Silent Cause

| length7 = 4:23

| title8 = Woke Up from a Dream

| length8 = 4:45

| title9 = Turns Within Me, Turns Without Me

| length9 = 3:53

| title10 = Too Late

| length10 = 6:13

}}

Credits adapted from album liner notes.twelvefour liner notes (CD). Sony Music Australia, Wonderlick Entertainment. 28 August 2015.

• Josh Bentley – drums, percussion
• Sam Bentley – lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, harmonica, keyboards, writing and design
• Christina Lacy – harmony vocals, guitars
• David Powys – backing vocals, banjo, lap steel
• Sam Rasmussen – bass guitar, synthesizer

• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Phil Ek – engineering, mixing and production
• Cameron Nicklaus – assistant engineer

• Mark Bentley – design for twelvefour sign
• Jackson Grant – photography
• Jefferton James – artwork editing, design and layout

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