Desert Window
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| Studio album by Lucy Gooch | ||||
| Released | 6 June 2025 | |||
| Length | 41:52 | |||
| Label | Fire | |||
| Producer | Alistair Lax | |||
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Desert Window is the debut studio album by English musician Lucy Gooch. It was released on 6 June 2025 by Fire Records in vinyl and digital formats.
The album consists of eight tracks with a total runtime of approximately forty-two minutes, each song ranging between three and six minutes. It incorporates elements of folk and ambient music.[1] Released five years after Gooch's 2020 debut EP, Rushing, the album features the lead single, "Like Clay", which was released on 4 March 2025.[2]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| The Line of Best Fit | [1] |
| Uncut | [4] |
AllMusic's Paul Simpson described the album as "a more fleshed-out expansion of her sound, incorporating more acoustic instrumentation as well as more complex choral harmonies."[3]
Rob Hughes of Uncut rated the album eight out of ten and stated, "Lucy Gooch's early life as a chorister feeds into Desert Window's beauteous soundscapes, looping her gentle soprano voice over gauzy layers of synths in a seamless shift of classical, ambient, jazz and dream-folk textures."[4]
The Line of Best Fit assigned a rating of seven out of ten to the album and described it as "a masterclass in atmospheric tension and release, a record that feels both ancient and contemporary, grounded and otherworldly."[1]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Lucy Gooch.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Like Clay" | 3:01 |
| 2. | "Night Window – Part One" | 4:44 |
| 3. | "Night Window – Part Two" | 5:34 |
| 4. | "Keep Pulling Me In" | 6:12 |
| 5. | "Jack Hare" | 6:20 |
| 6. | "Clouds" | 5:35 |
| 7. | "Our Relativity" | 5:27 |
| 8. | "Desert Window" | 4:59 |
| Total length: | 41:52 | |
Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.[5]
- Lucy Gooch – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer
- Alistair Lax – production, arrangement, bass guitar, guitar, piano, strings, synthesizer
- Oliver Andrews – guitar, percussion, piano, synthesizer
- Laura Cannell – alto recorder, violin
- Rupert Clervaux – mastering
- Harry Furniss – cornet
- Jonny Hooker – mastering
- Simon McCorry – cello
- Jack Wyllie – saxophone
References
- ^ a b c Young, Matt (4 June 2025). "Lucy Gooch: Desert Window review – artistic evolution". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ Murray, Robin (4 March 2025). "Lucy Gooch Announces Debut Album Desert Window". Clash. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ a b Simpson, Paul. "Desert Window – Lucy Gooch". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ a b Hughes, Rob (July 2025). "Lucy Gooch – Desert Window". Uncut. p. 29.
- ^ "Desert Window / Lucy Gooch / Credits". Tidal. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.