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Depth of Field
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  • Summary: The sixth full-length studio release for the Australian singer-songwriter was recorded during a two-week artist residency in Sydney's Campbelltown Arts Centre.
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. The Guardian
    Feb 22, 2018
    100
    These are as great as any Australian pop I have heard, from Kylie Minogue to The Easybeats. Similarly, Blasko’s music often feels like it follows the lineage of mod and the core values of that style: aspirational, inspirational, forward looking, tightly wound, late-night fuelled. Every now and then, Blasko wanders into glam-stomp diva territory. And of course she owns it.
  2. Uncut
    Feb 22, 2018
    80
    Depth Of Field, Blasko's sixth studio album, substantially persists with the gloomy synthesiser motif of its superb predecessor, 2015's Eternal Return, but locates an even more poised balance between the chilly melancholy of glam-electronica backdrops and the capacious warmth of Blasko's vocals. [Apr 2018, p.24]
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  3. Q Magazine
    Feb 22, 2018
    80
    Depth Of Field styles the same retro sound with greater finesse and raises her songcraft game so that tunes, grooves and arrangements work all of a piece. [Apr 2018, p.106]
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  4. Mojo
    Feb 22, 2018
    80
    Clever and very subtle grown-up electronic pop that beats with a broken heart. [Mar 2018, p.93]
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  5. The Independent (UK)
    Feb 22, 2018
    60
    An album that frets gently and artfully at the wounds of human attraction and rejection.

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  1. bigt187
    Feb 26, 2018
    7
    Sarah Blasko has plenty of reasons to celebrate. After sheltering for weeks in Sydney, her native land, composing and producing and recording,Sarah Blasko has plenty of reasons to celebrate. After sheltering for weeks in Sydney, her native land, composing and producing and recording, we finally have our newest project "Depth of Field" released under the Universal Music label and defined by the artist as "a perspective on the trauma." The eletropop is relieved.
    The project shows itself to be an overwhelming force in elegant work and a sober and sensitive production, its pre-production was marked by motherhood and crises where its identity was put to the test and much of this tension is present between the lines walking from hands with ambition and vulnerability. All balanced in a 41 minute record of a well done investment.
    Tracks like "Making it up" and "Phantom" are packed with potential, both with great emotional load and restrained aggressiveness and dangerously inviting. The whole album is marked by troubled emotions and messy. The first part is dense and flows naturally, Blasko transits into a retro wave without sounding cliche. The second part is slower and somewhat milder than before, Blasko has more freedom on vocals and takes advantage of it to evoke his versatility and does not sin on that point. Everything sounds calculated and perfectly executed and perhaps the biggest mistake is the lack of spontaneity especially in "Another" considering that this is the weaker track of the record.
    Overall, "Depth of Field" is a good job, without promising Sarah Blasko knew how to put her external crises into something audible and deliver an affordable and good quality work. In her diva moments or in a more mundane atmosphere, Blasko deserves laurels for this release.    … Expand

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