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  • Summary: This is the debut album for the Canadian singer-songwriter Merrill Garbus.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. In far fewer listens than you'd expect, BiRd-BrAiNs sheds its outer shell of defensive harshness and becomes an easy, enjoyable and addictive listen.
  2. Few debut albums are audacious enough to call to mind Odetta, M.I.A., and the Raincoats--often all at the same time--but this is just such a rare bird.
  3. On this record, Merril Garbus manages the impressive feat of condensing much of the decade's more interesting musical trends into one very well delivered tapestry.

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