Dreams Are Not Enough is the fourth studio album by Telefon Tel Aviv.[1][2] It was released via Ghostly International on September 27, 2019.[3][4] It is Joshua Eustis's first album under the Telefon Tel Aviv moniker since the 2009 passing of his bandmate Charles Cooper.[5] Listed top to bottom on the album's front cover, the song titles form a poem.[6]
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 84, based on 5 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[7]
Ryan Keeling of Resident Advisor wrote, "Dreams Are Not Enough is a remarkable return that achieves things the first three Telefon Tel Aviv albums were never quite able to."[10] He added that "the best quality of Dreams Are Not Enough is the fusion of its emotions, as positivity and negativity flow into each other like convergent tributaries of a river."[10] Paul Simpson of AllMusic called the album "An absolutely crushing listen, and every bit as powerful as the previous three TTA albums."[8] Haydon Spenceley of Under the Radar commented that "the record is best enjoyed whole, with headphones, concentration, and responded to with adulation."[12] He said, "Dreams Are Not Enough is 2019's best electronic album, hands down."[12]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Joshua Eustis, except "Arms Aloft" by Eustis and Turk Dietrich
