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Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

  • Summary: The debut full-length release for the Los Angeles-based duo of Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad.
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Before The World Was Big
7: 45 in the morning I'm leaving my house Trying not to think Of all the ways this place has changed Walked around my neighborhood One hundred, one... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. 90
    The emotional gravity carried by its brevity and simplicity, a quantum leap from last year's self-titled EP, is nothing less than astounding.
  2. 80
    These songs, written and sung with more subtlety since the group’s first EP from late last year.... It almost doesn’t matter what they’re singing about. The sound of their voices together contains it all.
  3. Jun 1, 2015
    80
    Even more than on their first release, Girlpool feel like a unit, totally locked into each other musically and emotionally, and their stark presentation remains a boon to their risky and appealingly human songs.
  4. Jun 5, 2015
    78
    Romanticism occurs in the distance between what might happen and what does, and listening to Before the World Was Big feels like walking through this exalted liminal space.
  5. May 28, 2015
    75
    Their songs run thick with the anxiety of uprooting, but they’re also rich with characters, some of whom are referred to affectionately by name.
  6. Jun 3, 2015
    70
    Tucker and Tividad have discovered their indie-pop Neverland, and a fanciful, free-flowing sound to suit it.
  7. Jun 4, 2015
    60
    The straightforwardness of their songs recalls great indie pop bands of yesteryear like Beat Happening, but also causes some of their songs to blur together.

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