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Jan 3, 2019Taking inspiration from our deep-rooted human imperfections, Anne is at once intimate and universal, honest and hopeful.
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Nov 30, 2018The generational chasm between parents and children can feel deep and dark, but Anne, both the album and the person, builds a bridge with light and tremendous empathy.
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MojoNov 19, 2018It's Shabason's sax that endures; pensive and humane, even when assailed by glitches. [Dec 2018, p.92]
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UncutNov 19, 2018Shabason again blurs genre boundaries with impeccable judgement and such understatedly emotional approach that the tag "ambient jazz" sounds like a slight. [Jan 2019, p.25]
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Nov 19, 2018As Shabason bends, stretches, and warps instrumentation, field recordings and interview clips alike, he's working in neo-expressionist portraiture, mining the ambiguities of the abstractions to beautiful, evocative effect.
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Nov 19, 2018It's equally beautiful and heartbreaking, a kind of gentle sadness pulsing through it. Anne doesn't dwell in sadness though, instead, it presents a touching and honest glimpse of some of the more unfair struggles we often face that leaves us searching for hope and, more importantly, answers, but it does so in a tasteful and dignified way.