This Stupid World is the seventeenth studio album by American indie rock band Yo La Tengo, released on February 10, 2023 by Matador Records.

[11] Bassist James McNew handled much of the recording and mixing duties,[3] relying largely on live in-studio performance with minimal loops or overdubbing.

[36] The editors of Rolling Stone highlighted this album for its readers to listen to and critic Jon Dolan emphasized the ability of the band's lyrics and musicianship to explore dark and depressive moods.

[39] Writing for Glide Magazine, Mac Lockett calls this album a return to form, connecting this sound to the band's work prior to 2006, with moods of "beguiling sadness to the resultant beauty of dismissing its own urgency" and "innate energy and some of the group’s strongest songwriting in years".

[41] The editors of AllMusic Guide scored this album a 4 out of 5 stars, with reviewer Mark Deming stating that the musicians are "still finding new ways of doing things" with "music [that] feels warmer and more emotionally satisfying" than anything they have released in over a decade.

[47][48] In Under the Radar, Michael James Hall rated the album 8.5 out of 10 stars, calling it a "triumphant stylistic return to peak form" with "a tender, tenebrous beauty".

[52] In Tablet, David Meir Grossman compares this release to others across the band's career, noting how the musical sound continues a tradition of loud-and-quiet dynamics and blending the familiar with the chaotic, calling This Stupid World "one of their best albums in decades".

[55] In The Big Takeover, Jeff Elbel wrote that "the unfettered experimentation and unfiltered noise-rock suggest Sonic Youth pulled through the lo-fi filter of a less-bombastic Guided By Voices".

[31] In The Skinny, Tony Inglis gave This Stupid World a 4 out of 5 stars, calling the music "reflective and funny" and noting that the band "continue[s] to defy" forty years into their career.

[28] For The Arts Desk, Guy Oddy gave This Stupid World a 3 out of 5 stars for including "mellow and woozy shades" alongside "psychedelic vibes".

[59] Another 8 out of 10 rating came from Benjamin Graye of Clash, writing that this release is "very much in the mould of a classic Yo La Tengo album", but that they "bring more than enough energy, variety and tallent to create wonderful new songs that all sit comfortably inside this little world whilst still sounding as vibrant and into it as they did 30 years ago".

[63] The Evening Standard's David Smyth rated this album a 3 out of 5 stars, cautioning new listeners, "if you’re not already invested in the band this could all come across as a shade intimidating, if it wasn’t for a couple of truly beautiful compositions" and concluding that "marvellous things can still happen" with this seasoned musical group.

[65] In The Scotsman, Fiona Shepherd gave this album a 3 out of 5 stars, calling the music "psychedelic garage rock territory, carving meditative, timeless reflections from sprawling live jams".

[67] Writing for The New Zealand Herald, Peter Baker calls This Stupid World "Yo La Tengo's most compelling and concise album in ages".

[79] On June 30, BrooklynVegan published a list of the best independent music albums of 2023 so far, for having "the jagged, fuzzy pop numbers, krautrock inspired one-chord groovers, feedback-laden slow-burn rippers, hazy shoegaze, and especially pretty songs sung by Georgia" and thoughtful lyrics.

[83] All lyrics written by Ira Kaplan and all music written by Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, and James McNew Yo La Tengo Additional personnel This Stupid World was the highest-charting album from Yo La Tengo in the United States, debuting at eighth place on the Billboard Top Album Sales chart, selling 6,000 units in its first week.