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Oct 19, 2016Her most ambitious work to date, both conceptually and instrumentally.
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MagnetDec 15, 2016The songs on Citizen Of Glass feel more solid and lyrically grounded in the known world. [No. 138, p.59]
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UncutNov 22, 2016Her third album finds her developing her instrumental palette, often allowing moody strings rather than piano to dominate arrangements. [Jan 2017, p.28]
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Nov 14, 2016Citizen of Glass is like entering a misty realm of wonder where each unpredictable turn holds a new set of unknowns.
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Nov 1, 2016Citizen of Glass delivers an ambitious and accomplished collection of pretty, ornate artefacts.
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Oct 25, 2016Some earlier fans of Obel may miss the more minimal sound of her early albums, and there’s certainly no big crossover track that will propel Obel to the mainstream. This is a haunting listen though, and one that will provide suitable company as the long winter nights start to draw in.
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Q MagazineOct 19, 2016With its beauty and sonic twists, Citizen Of Class is a thing of quiet wonder. [Dec 2016, p.110]
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MojoOct 19, 2016This is an opaque and quietly intense missive. [Nov 2016, p.86]
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Oct 19, 2016Obel's penchant for pairing elements of Elizabethan choral polyphony with millennial angst, not to mention her liberal use of spinet and celeste, would seem pedantic in less skilled hands, but there isn't a single moment on the quietly stunning Citizen of Glass that doesn't feel authentic.
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Oct 19, 2016Through Obel’s breathtaking vocals and ethereal piano and cello compositions, Citizens of Glass succeeds in creating a welcome musical space to escape the observations of ourselves and others.
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Oct 19, 2016The songs on her third album are more concealed in their arrangements than before, despite a sonic palette still based in the slim, austere piano and cello settings for which she’s known.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 30 out of 32
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Mixed: 1 out of 32
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Negative: 1 out of 32
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