I'm a big Lana Stan but I agree with those two reviews. It's a very boring album imo and aside from the tone it's not very cohesive sonically. She doesn't bring anything new with the abum and it's not like what she put on the album is her best art either. I know Lana has the potential to make amazing art but I feel like she didn't push herself at all with Honeymoon.
Oh my God! Finally a Lana stan that agrees with me.
I feel the exact same way.
also, apparently a 4/5 from NME, but I can not find it.
The UK reviews really seem to be with her again this time around. They have praised BTD and didn't care about UV. In the US BTD was dragged to the pits while UV was praised. So strange
I'm also a huge Lana stan but it is her worst album so far. I've listened to it in full a few times already and I'm not hearing the same gems that BTD and UV had. It may grow on me but as of now Ultraviolence > BTD > Honeymoon.
The opening title track finds her in love, albeit it not of the perfect kind. With her voice drawling and rich, accompanied by huge strings and piano, it sounds like she’s got John Barry on arrangement duties and it's the first of many songs here that makes one wonder why Sam Smith was given the Bond theme.
Everyone is just waiting for it to happen at this point.