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- Summary: The debut full-length release for the project formed by Palehound's Ellen Kempner and Jay Som's Melina Duterte was written and recorded over two weeks in Jan 2020.
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- Record Label: Polyvinyl
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock
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May 27, 2021Doomin' Sun is indie music at its most engaging. ... A reminder of how exceptional songwriting and musicianship can be even in the face of apocalyptic anxiety as long it's the right mix of artists.
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May 27, 2021All in all, it is as engrossing as it is innocently delightful.
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May 27, 2021What they’ve accomplished with Doomin’ Sun is thus made all the more impressive, offering up a work that lives up to the pair’s best separate efforts and easily marries their different approaches to indie rock. ... Duterte and Kempner’s friendship and palpable creative chemistry underpin some of their strongest work to date.
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May 27, 2021Duterte and Kempner manage to break the mould with Doomin' Sun, proving their chops as singular visionaries as well as synergetic collaborators.
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May 27, 2021While varied in style and arrangements, the album maintains a certain heartfelt, longing tone and unvarnished immediacy that engage in tandem with its solid songwriting core.
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May 28, 2021It may be overstating things to say Duterte and Kempner belong together, but their musical union sure is satisfying. Written and recorded during a pre-pandemic, two-week-long creative outburst in a rented California house, the songs on Doomin’ Sun bring together the two artists’ best qualities.
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Rolling StoneJun 2, 2021Pure indie-rock sunshine. [Jun 2021, p.77]
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