C'est La Vie (Phosphorescent album)

C'est La Vie is the seventh studio album by Phosphorescent. The album was released on Dead Oceans on October 5, 2018.

Release
On July 30, 2018, Matthew Houck - under his stage name Phosphorescent - announced the release of his seventh album, along with the first single "New Birth in New England".

Critical reception
C'est La Vie 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 80 based on 19 reviews. Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 76 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 21 reviews.

Personnel
Credits adapted from AllMusic

Musicians
 * Matthew Houck – primary artist, vocals, producer
 * Ricky Ray Jackson – guitar
 * Luke Reynolds – guitar
 * Christopher Marine – drums
 * Kevin Black – bass
 * Jo Schornikow – accordion, piano
 * Scott Stapleton – piano
 * Dave Roe – bass
 * Rustine Bragaw – bass
 * Alexis Saski – backing vocals
 * Maureen Murphy – backing vocals
 * Kyshona Armstrong – backing vocals
 * Nicole Boggs – backing vocals

Production
 * Richard Dodd – mastering
 * Vance Powell – engineer
 * Andrija Tokic – engineer