• Record Label: Heavenly
  • Release Date: Jun 17, 2016
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Jun 23, 2016
    80
    There’s less dusty American rock here and more night-sky prettiness, with an emphasis on piano and Craft’s melodies recalling British folk traditions as well as US ones.
  2. Q Magazine
    Jun 20, 2016
    80
    A wonderful album that exists in its own little world. [#361, p.112]
  3. Mojo
    Jun 20, 2016
    80
    Blood Moon seems like Craft's real start, and one of the most exquisite soul-searching odysseys of this or any year. [Jul 2016, p.93]
  4. Jun 20, 2016
    80
    With its emphasis on exploring atmosphere over the artful, structured pop of his prior releases, Blood Moon stands alone in Craft's discography to date. Recommended for late-night introspection whether under shelter or, even better, lying out under the stars.
  5. Jun 20, 2016
    80
    Sonically, however, Blood Moon stands alone as a perfectly judged synthesis of conventional songwriting skills and detailed, cinematic music that revels in the silence between the notes. Superb.
  6. Jul 13, 2016
    60
    Blood Moon is a quiet album made at a time when everything else churned out these days comes with pomp and circumstance at wake-the-dead volume levels.
  7. Jun 20, 2016
    60
    Craft’s intention is to take the listener “off into the clear night of Joshua Tree” and there are certainly moments when he achieves that. It’s not quite the same Joshua Tree of Gram Parsons or U2 but that’s the thing about deserts--they bring you up against yourself.
  8. Uncut
    Jun 20, 2016
    60
    Everything flows and nothing jars, but Craft's soft voice and often orthodox songcraft makes Blood Moon merely pretty rather than stunning. [Jul 2016, p.73]

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