Dream Wife (album)

Dream Wife is the debut studio album by the British punk rock band Dream Wife, released via Lucky Number in January 2018.

Release
On 28 October 2016, the band released the first single from the album, "F.U.U." The music video to the single was released on 8 March 2018, and features Fever Dream and directed by Aidan Zamiri.

On 31 January 2017, Dream Wife explained they were halfway to completing their debut album, while recording it at a studio in Notting Hill.

The second single "Somebody" was announced on 8 March 2017. The band described the single as "a conversation on the reclamation of bodies by the women who occupy them in a tender, yet direct, and empowering way". The music video to the single was released on 29 March 2017, and was directed by John Podpadec and filmed in Wedmore.

On 15 August 2017, the third single "Fire" was announced. The music video for the single was released on 6 September 2017. The single was made into an EP on 27 September 2017, which got rave reviews from critics.

On 25 October 2017, Dream Wife announced the release of their new album, along with the fourth single "Let's Make Out".

Critical reception
Upon its release, Dream Wife received "generally favorable reviews" according to Metacritic who gave the album a score of 77/100 based on 16 reviews from critics. Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release an 81 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 22 reviews.

Personnel

 * Rakel Mjöll Leifsdóttir – lead vocals
 * Alice Gough – guitar, vocals
 * Isabella Podpadec – bass, vocals
 * Alex Paveley – drums (tracks 1–4 and 6–11)
 * Paeris Giles – drums (track 5)
 * Fever Dream – co-lead vocals (track 11)
 * Oliver Wright – production, mixing
 * Peter Jarrett – production, mixing
 * Steven Ansell – additional drum recording (track 5)
 * Ione Gamble – artwork
 * Cady Siregar – artwork assistant
 * Tim Hampson – artwork assistant
 * Hollie Fernando – photography
 * Elizabeth Gabrielle Lee – photography
 * Jender Anomie – photography