by
Tomberlin
- Record Label: Saddle Creek Records
- Release Date: Apr 29, 2022
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May 2, 2022Every song on IDKNWTHT is strong on its own merit, but when digested as a whole, the album is overwhelming in the best kind of way that stirs the soul.
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Apr 26, 2022On i don’t know…, the intentionality and splendour that began to blossom on her 2020 EP Projections are now fully in bloom. Tomberlin holds onto the sonic space that allows her delicate vocals to fly but introduces a host of new sounds, too – pedal steel guitars, brushed percussion, woodwind, twinkling piano.
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May 2, 2022I don’t know who needs to hear this… finds Tomberlin firmly stood in the language of her own making. She redefines song structure, alluding to the intrinsically mirrored fashion in which life pans out; like life, far beyond the close, these songs continue to spin.
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Apr 28, 2022Older, wiser, and more ambitious than on her collegiate debut, Tomberlin finds a musical artistry on i don't know who needs to hear this… that rises to the level of her lyrical perceptiveness.
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Apr 27, 2022With i don't know who needs to hear this... , Tomberlin goes beyond avoiding the dreaded sophomore slump. She examines the posture of what it means to make an excellent album through her meditative reflections and the mutating organism of the soundscape she sets them against.
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Apr 26, 2022i don’t know who needs to hear this… is grander than anything she’s done before, but rarely does it feel like a departure.
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Apr 29, 2022Like all the best songwriters, Tomberlin doesn’t act like she has the answers to the big questions, but knows that simply by being inquisitive she will eventually figure out her own truths, and she’s passing that wisdom along with this record.
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MojoApr 26, 2022If 2018's fragile debut At Weddings tended to become lost in the beautifully abstract mists as the Pastor's daughter explored faith and its losses, I Don't Know Who Needs to Hear This... navigates using sharper corners and edges. [Jun 2022, p.84]
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Apr 29, 2022Vulnerability has powered Tomberlin’s music for years, and “Collect Caller” aside, these songs are sweeter and more inviting than anything she’s done before.
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UncutApr 27, 2022Tomberlin's second long-player seems to semi-consciously urge you to move along – nothing to hear here. Yet it creates its own slow-burning allure on repeated listens. [Jun 2022, p.34]
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Apr 26, 2022The individual tracks don’t have conventional beginnings, middles, and ends. Instead, they seem to dwell in a space where time doesn’t pass. The music exists as a presence. There is something cosmic about the experience, leavened by Tomberlin’s sense of humor.
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Apr 29, 2022The further experimentation of “tap” and the display of raw emotion on “happy accident” prove more successful than i don’t know’s more down tempo moments, even when those mirror the album’s themes more closely.
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Aug 20, 2022Really good indie album from Tomberlin here, I don’t have many complaints except sometimes I am a little bored.
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May 29, 2022