User ratings in Music are temporarily disabled. More info
Glider Image
Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews What's this?

User Score
tbd

No user score yet- Awaiting 1 more rating

  • Summary: This is the second full-length solo release for the singer who has worked with Alela Diane, Efterklang, Laura Gibson, Horse Feathers, and Sharon Van Etten.
Buy Now
Buy on
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Jul 10, 2015
    90
    The weight of it all means it could be quite impenetrable for some, and it nearly crashes under it's own heaviness sometimes--but for those of us with a melancholic heart, this could be our record of the year.
  2. 85
    Glider is an album for all seasons, from star-gazing on a humid summer’s night to blanketed winter evenings beside the fire. And, come the short days and long nights later this year, we’ll look back on it as one of 2015’s best.
  3. Jul 21, 2015
    80
    The hazy, dream-pop vibe mixed with piano bar works. Take a listen. Soon you'll be lost in the worlds of melancholy and the sublime.
  4. Jul 8, 2015
    70
    It might not cut as hard and sharp as Van Etten, but her careful lullabies ooze with enough steady sadness that when the light finally does break through, typically via bubbling layers of instrumentation doused in near shoegaze-ready echo, the result really is akin to soaring above the pines.
  5. Jul 7, 2015
    68
    Ffor all its textural beauty, Glide too often does what the title suggests, with songs that float by without really sticking.
  6. Jul 7, 2015
    66
    The record walks well-treaded territory lyrically and musically.
  7. Uncut
    Jul 7, 2015
    60
    Like all perfumes, its impact fades. [Aug 2015, p.71]

See all 8 Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of
  2. Mixed: 0 out of
  3. Negative: 0 out of