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  • Summary: The third full-length release for the Hether Fortune project was produced with Monte Vallier.
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  • Record Label: Collect Records
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Garage Punk, Indie Rock, Noise Pop
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Deborah
A chariot in white You came to me on a cloud And like the fading light, Your love only took me down Sinking again in deep blue ether A cruel... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Oct 21, 2015
    80
    American Tragic was a mostly solitary passion project for Fortune, defined by deeply intimate confessions and burning affections that sear into the tracks both lyrically and sonically.
  2. Oct 21, 2015
    80
    Such of American Tragic is remarkably poppy, at times feeling like a darker response to the '80s AOR revival popularized by the likes of HAIM--or, less controversially, a continuation of Concrete Blonde's throaty, tough-but-vulnerable drama.
  3. Oct 21, 2015
    76
    At a relatively brief nine tracks, the record is a perfectly paced blast of dark pop that deftly reflects Fortune’s growing prowess as a songwriter.
  4. Oct 21, 2015
    70
    She's charismatic enough to peel paint off a passing car, and the third album from her Bay Area one-woman band Wax Idols is where she comes into her own musically.
  5. Oct 22, 2015
    67
    On American Tragic, Fortune rises up to squeeze every last drop of drama from her misery.