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  • Summary: The latest full-length release for Nashville-based singer-songwriter Sunny War was produced by Andrija Tokic.
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  • Record Label: New West
  • Genre(s): Folk, Blues, Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Folk, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Blues
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Feb 1, 2023
    90
    A stunningly effective experience. ... The album, though emotionally weighty, offers a testament to moving on and surviving and makes for thoroughly unforgettable listen.
  2. Feb 1, 2023
    80
    Taken as a whole, Anarchist Gospel is a powerful statement from a singer-songwriter poised to become one of the year’s most vital voices in roots music.
  3. Feb 1, 2023
    80
    Despite its unruly title, Anarchist Gospel takes all the splits and divisions, the churn and the confusion, and turns them into something remarkably centred and complete, the work of a songwriter who knows who she is and how she got there. [Mar 2023, p.82]
  4. 80
    Anarchist Gospel is an assured melting pot of disparate influences and ideas that somehow coheres into a unified whole – and ultimately doesn’t really resemble anyone else.
  5. Feb 9, 2023
    80
    The careful precision her distinctive guitar playing and vocals bring to this project center Sunny War as one of the most promising and exciting voices in American roots music.
  6. Feb 8, 2023
    74
    The wider canvas and broadened palette reveal the complex human emotions within War’s music, resulting in a breakup record that’s emotionally resonant and curiously hopeful.
  7. 70
    The 14 tracks clocking in at 50 minutes speak to War’s prolific nature, one that encompasses her diversity yet remains focused on vocal, lyrical, and melodic talents that this disc’s enhanced production, and budget, spotlight.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. Feb 7, 2023
    8
    Great solid stuff. Lyrics are all good or great. Lovely melodies and textures. Decent balance of variety and cohesion.