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Mar 15, 2021The Art of Losing has been in the can for a couple of years now, delayed by the pandemic. It’s been worth the wait: this is a special record. They don’t come along very often. Quotable, immersive, moving, imaginative, delicate, and dramatic. A stellar achievement.
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Mar 9, 2021These intense, dramatic songs are the perfect companion to these times – at long last, The Anchoress is stepping out of the shadow of her famous friends to show that she’s an almighty talent in her own right.
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Mar 9, 2021A concept album this is not, but the with the veins running deep with recurring themes, as a second album, Davies has managed to construct a weighty signifier of impassable change. ... Packing a punch musically; twisting and turning; immersing with piano interludes branching elegantly from the albums introductory roots (“All Shall Be Well”), the softest nature is held for later cut “5am” which feels as vulnerable as it does honest.
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Mar 19, 2021It’s Davies’ finest work to date and a testament to her strength and artistic vision.
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Mar 15, 2021Davies has given a powerful, challenging voice to her grief. Great music doesn’t necessarily come from great suffering, but if you’ve the strength for the job, it certainly can.
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Mar 12, 2021As a record ‘The Art of Losing’ also holds up a reflection which is both painful and familiar – it captures the unpredictable, spinning chaos of grief with a searing precision that’s hard to turn away from.
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Mar 11, 2021There is never any doubt in her authorial voice and ability to commandingly tell her own story, with all the tragedies and triumphs contained therein.
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MojoMar 9, 2021Throughout, a recurring Satie-like piano motif floats in and out, soothing the raw emotions. [Apr 2021, p.83]
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UncutMar 9, 2021The album successfully tackles the spectrum of human emotions experienced after trauma. [Apr 2021, p.23]
Awards & Rankings
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Mar 12, 2021Simply fantastic, perfect album for 2021. The Cure, Siouxsie and Kate Bush rolled into one, with some deep and intense lyrics.