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- Summary: This is the self-produced debut release (originally self-released in May 2012) for Brooklyn artist Nick Principe.
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- Record Label: Downtown
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Ambient Pop
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Apr 2, 2013In keeping with the understated, meditative quality of the lyrics, Principe pushes his voice to notes of particular emphasis but conspicuously avoids the acrobatics that might otherwise attract attention: rarely does anything so lovely appear so unassuming.
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Apr 1, 2013The album is unique in that it gives a very personal look into an individual's experience with catharsis, and it's one more of murmurs and heavy sighs than screaming matches and broken dishes.
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UncutApr 1, 2013Holiday is resolutely sombre, but the arrangements make inviting drama out of Principe's impressionistic lyrical intimacies. [May 2013, p.75]
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Apr 1, 2013What it lacks in traditional hooks, it compensates for with distinct and weighty gestures.
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Apr 1, 2013More variety would help his cause, but Holiday is a graceful, emotionally affluent debut.
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Apr 4, 2013Port St. Willow is its own project, and one to watch at that.
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Apr 2, 2013At times this recording is compelling, entrancing even with its sheer beauty; occasionally though it drags.
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