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Feb 16, 2016While Bulat’s previous sound was lovely, always tasteful, mostly mournful, here she comes arrestingly alive, invigorated firstly by the roiling emotions and rich material of a raw breakup and secondly by warm, glowing production from My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, who brings out previously lurking pop and soul tendencies.
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Feb 12, 2016It may be her most mainstream album to date, but as ever with Bulat there’s a subversive and inventive edge lurking under the surface.
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Feb 11, 2016Basia Bulat relocates from Montreal to Louisville for her fourth album, enlisting My Morning Jacket’s Jim James for production and toning down her trademark autoharp in favour of dazzling, technicolour pop.
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Feb 10, 2016Bulat has the rare ability to simultaneously sing from all sides: hurt and sweet and wise.
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Q MagazineFeb 4, 2016A wildly inventive yet mainstream sound that suits her lyrics. [Mar 2016, p.106]
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Feb 4, 2016Bulat performs with passion and authority. Ten songs and not a hint of filler.
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Feb 9, 2016Producer Jim James (of My Morning Jacket) maximizes these percolating tempos and uses them to caress Bulat’s undulating melodies, slowly building each song with soaring crescendos. The effect is genuinely hypnotic, and while some songs offer an instant rush, all ultimately resonate through a similarly glowing effect.
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MagnetFeb 12, 2016With the help of producer Jim James, Basia Bulat brings a rich, melodramatic sheen to her confessional tales of woe. [No. 128, p.53]
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Feb 12, 2016She has the talent and courage to speak from her heart and make her ideas heard. Anyone who has ever had a (broken) heart will find something they can understand on Good Advice.
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Feb 10, 2016Bulat positions herself gracefully as a singer with more than one dimension, one that knows that being serious, sad, and joyful can happen in the same body simultaneously.
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Feb 10, 2016Producer Jim James (of My Morning Jacket) brings the same balance to the soundscapes Bulat maintains with her lyrics, positioning the space-age synths and backup harmonies in ways that invoke both gospel and girl group traditions without overshadowing the album's strongest suit: Bulat's vibrant vocals.
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UncutFeb 4, 2016Among the handful of minor gems, the title track is particularly ravishing. [Mar 2016, p.71]
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Sep 30, 2016Bulat's pipes and songwriting prowess flourish, more than in her prior folksy, singer-songwriter LPs.