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- Summary: The latest full-length release for the British alternative singer-songwriter features covers of songs by such artists as Beyoncé, Grimes, The Japanese House, Muna, Radiohead, Elliott Smith, and Sharon Van Etten.
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- Record Label: Transgressive
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Nov 13, 2020Intimate and inventive, it’s a beautiful exercise – and one that could provide a bridge between last year’s ‘Any Human Friend’ and the musician’s planned return to melancholic material on her next original work. For now, though, she’s given us a rich new world burrow into, filled with soothing familiarity but brimming with the excitement of the new.
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Nov 13, 2020The adoption of low energy, skeletal electronic instrumentation serves to shine a light on her often brittle and vocoder cloaked vocals. A sensation of emotional fatigue circles above proceedings, as the music elicits the haunting effect that this ongoing lack of human intimacy is having on all of our psyches.
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Nov 13, 2020Nothing here will quite fulfill the satisfaction of her original work, but as a fun, thoughtful way to ground oneself during quarantine, ‘Covers' is an audition that is guaranteed to see her through to the next round.
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Dec 16, 2020Although Marika Hackman’s covers album lacks for originality in the title department, she more than makes up for it over the course of the ten tracks.
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UncutNov 13, 2020It's a nuanced handling of some of her recent song obsessions. [Jan 2021, p.27]
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Nov 20, 2020All from the comfort of her parents’ bedroom, Hackman gives us a glimpse into her quarantine playlist. And even more impressive, she tangibly shows us why these songs are so special, breaking them down to their core, and letting them speak for themselves.
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