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  • Summary: The first full-length solo release for the Scottish singer-songwriter in 12 years was co-produced with Fiona Cruickshank.
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  • Record Label: SA Recordings
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Indie Folk
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Jul 30, 2021
    90
    With Heart-Shaped Scars, she's found a home in sparse and spooky folk. Possibly not something one could have predicted when she first arrived on the scene with One Dove, but something that is satisfying and true all the same.
  2. Mojo
    Jul 30, 2021
    80
    While Heart-Shaped Scars might not be the first flowering of such wistful folk mysteries, it still brings in a good harvest. [Sep 2021, p.80]
  3. Jul 30, 2021
    70
    For Heart-Shaped Scars, it’s all beautiful, gossamer strings and hushed vocals with the kind of confessional singer-songwriter lyrics that make for an intimate listen, at once chilly and warm.
  4. Aug 3, 2021
    69
    It is an album of quiet delights, but at times it feels like the songs are simply stretched too thin: three-star meals served with five-star service.
  5. Uncut
    Jul 30, 2021
    60
    Classy but underpowered. [Aug 2021, p.24]