No Dream

No Dream (stylized as N O  D R E A M[2]) is the fourth solo album by American singer-songwriter Jeff Rosenstock. It was released on May 20, 2020, without any promotional lead-up. The album was released on Polyvinyl Record Co. in the United States and by Specialist Subject Records in the United Kingdom. It is also available directly from the artist through Quote Unquote Records and Really Records.

For the Mike Oldfield song, see Heaven's Open.
No Dream
Studio album by
Jeff Rosenstock
ReleasedMay 20, 2020 (2020-05-20)
RecordedFebruary 2020
StudioThe Atomic Garden Recording Studios
Genre
[1]
Length40:14
Label
Producer"Grammy Jack" Shirley
Jeff Rosenstock chronology
POST-
(2018)		 No Dream
(2020)

Ten percent of proceeds from any digital sales made from the album are being donated to the Food Not Bombs mutual aid network.

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.9/10[3]
Metacritic85/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Beats Per Minute79%[6]
Exclaim!8/10[1]
Pitchfork8.0/10[7]
Under the Radar8.5/10[8]

No Dream was met with universal acclaim 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 85, based on 7 reviews.[4]

In the review for Exclaim!, Adam Feibel wrote that the album was "probably the most Jeff Rosenstock of all Jeff Rosenstock records thus far. It's fun, loud and boisterous. It's packed to the brim but sounds so simple. It's sneakily cheeky and curiously charming."[1] Writing for Pitchfork, Ian Cohen claimed that the album was "quintessential Jeff Rosenstock—an album formulated around evergreen sociopolitical concerns yet sounds like it could’ve been written 30 minutes ago."[7] Talking the album in a review for Under the Radar, Caleb Campbell stated that "[Rosenstock] is just as self-effacing, funny, and principled as ever. He is still creating quality additions to one of the most consistent punk discographies out there. Most importantly, his music is still an absolute blast to experience, looking towards an uncertain future with a beautiful collective spirit."[8]

Kyle Kohner was slightly more reserved when appraising the album for Beats Per Minute, claiming that "NO DREAM can be rather skin-deep when it comes to commentary on society-at-large, it’s a little more complex and tender when the record veers to Rosenstock himself as the subject. Through every desire to watch it all crash and burn into rubble, Rosenstock also throws in instances that are disarmingly human."[6] Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Mark Deming called it a "passionate and kicks out the jams, not suggesting he wants to reinvent the wheel but that he knows how to get it to roll and pushes it fast and hard in the right direction."[5]

Accolades
Accolades for No Dream
Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Stereogum Stereogum's 50 Best Albums of 2020 – Mid-Year
14
[9]
The Ringer The Best Albums of 2020
9
[10]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."NO TIME"0:54
2."Nikes (Alt)"1:51
3."Scram!"2:51
4."N O  D R E A M"3:50
5."State Line"2:59
6."f a m e"4:10
7."Leave It in the Sun"2:31
8."The Beauty of Breathing"2:57
9."Old Crap"3:24
10."***BNB"3:30
11."Monday at the Beach"0:56
12."Honeymoon Ashtray"4:28
13."Ohio Tpke"5:48
Total length:40:14

Personnel

Death Rosenstock

  • Dan Potthast – acoustic guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • Jeff Rosenstock – lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, mixing, "n more"
  • John DeDomenici – bass
  • Mike Huguenor – guitars, vocals
  • Kevin Higuchi – drums

Additional personnel

  • Chris Farren – keyboards, vocals (tracks 8 and 12)
  • Laura Stevenson – vocals (tracks 3, 6, 7, 8 and 12)
  • Lauren Brief – vocals (track 4), backing vocals, claps
  • Bob Vielma – trombone (tracks 6, 10 and 13)
  • Gilbert Armendariz – backing vocals, claps
  • Angelina Banda – backing vocals, claps
  • Sim Castro – backing vocals, claps
  • Laura Hammond – backing vocals, claps
  • Neil Sharma – backing vocals, claps
  • Jack Shirley – recording, engineering, production, mixing, mastering
  • Ben Levin – illustrations
  • Hiro Tanaka – photography

References
  1. Feibel, Adam (May 23, 2020). "Jeff Rosenstock's 'NO DREAM' Is Authentic Punk Rock for the Masses". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  2. @jeffrosenstock (May 26, 2020). "FYI it's "N O D R E A M" you would not believe how tough it was to try and get that to display properly on the internet things hahahaha" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. "AnyDecentMusic? Review". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
  4. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  5. Deming, Mark (May 20, 2020). "No Dream - Jeff Rosenstock | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  6. Kohner, Kyle (June 1, 2020). "Beats Per Minute Review". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  7. Cohen, Ian (May 27, 2020). "Jeff Rosenstock: NO DREAM Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  8. Campbell, Caleb (May 29, 2020). "Under the Radar Review". Under the Radar. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  9. "Best Albums of 2020 So Far". Stereogum. June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  10. "The Best Albums of 2020". The Ringer. December 17, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
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