Sideways to New Italy

Sideways to New Italy is the second album by the Australian indie rock band Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever. It was released on 5 June 2020 under Sub Pop.^[7]

Sideways to New Italy
Studio album by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Released	5 June 2020
Genre	Indie rock, jangle pop,[1] surf rock[2]
Length	39:43
Label	Sub Pop
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever chronology
Hope Downs (2018) Sideways to New Italy (2020) Endless Rooms (2022)
Singles from Sideways to New Italy
"Cars in Space" Released: 12 February 2020[3] "She's There" Released: 31 March 2020[4] "Falling Thunder" Released: 5 May 2020[5] "Cameo" Released: 3 June 2020[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
AnyDecentMusic?	7.7/10[8]
Metacritic	80/100[9]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[10]
Beats Per Minute	81%[11]
Clash	7/10[12]
Exclaim!	7/10[13]
Loud and Quiet	7/10[14]
NME	[15]
Paste	8.6/10[16]
Pitchfork	6.6/10[17]
Rolling Stone	[18]
Tom Hull	B+ ()[19]

Sideways to New Italy was met with universal acclaim through critics' reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 80, based on 17 reviews.^[9]

Accolades

Accolades for Sideways to New Italy

Publication	Accolade	Rank	Ref.
The Music	The Music's Top 10 Albums of 2020	8	[20]
Rough Trade	Rough Trade's Albums of The Year 2020	8	[21]
Double J	Double J's 50 Best Albums of 2020	10	[22]
Under the Radar	Under the Radar's Top 100 Albums of 2020	34	[23]
Stereogum	Stereogum's 50 Best Albums of 2020 – Mid-Year	16	[24]

Track listing

Sideways to New Italy track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Second of the First"	3:40
2.	"Falling Thunder"	4:05
3.	"She's There"	3:44
4.	"Beautiful Steven"	3:48
5.	"The Only One"	3:46
6.	"Cars in Space"	4:58
7.	"Cameo"	4:07
8.	"Not Tonight"	4:00
9.	"Sunglasses at the Wedding"	3:32
10.	"The Cool Change"	4:03
Total length:		39:42

Charts

Chart performance for Sideways to New Italy

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[25]	4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[26]	64
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[27]	66
Irish Albums (IRMA)[28]	77
Scottish Albums (OCC)[29]	8
UK Albums (OCC)[30]	45
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[31]	1