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7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

  • Summary: The second full-length release for the indie-pop singer-songwriter was produced with Sam Evian.
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  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Apr 3, 2020
    80
    The album’s slow burn gives it staying power. Meanwhile, Burch’s exploration of the highs and lows of her inner world remains compelling as ever.
  2. Q Magazine
    Apr 7, 2020
    80
    An intimate, close and enjoyably ambiguous record. [Jun 2020, p.94]
  3. Apr 15, 2020
    80
    Anna Burch fills ‘If You’re Dreaming’ with deft allusions, enhancing her voice with jazz-tinged chords, soft rock blemishes, and singer-songwriter tropes. It’s all handled with her customary grace, however, resulting in a subtle record that gently overwhelms.
  4. Apr 7, 2020
    72
    In Burch’s minimalist musical landscape, each lyric she pushes to the foreground becomes loaded with meaning. It’s as though she’s smiling knowingly as she sings, while also feeling every word.
  5. Apr 27, 2020
    70
    The songs on If You're Dreaming, the second album from Anna Burch, don't so much play as they do float by.
  6. Apr 2, 2020
    70
    If You're Dreaming definitely isn't as immediate as Quit the Curse, and while it isn't a demanding album, it requires a bit more concentration in order to understand it better.
  7. Apr 1, 2020
    60
    At its most delicate points, slow climbing chord progressions carry as much emotion as her lyrics, and at its lowest, though sparse, carry them where they feel overly simple.

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  1. Jun 8, 2020
    8
    ( 82/100 )

    Anna Burch es una integrante muy nueva en la industria de la musica que de forma simple y muy propia nos presenta "If You're
    ( 82/100 )

    Anna Burch es una integrante muy nueva en la industria de la musica que de forma simple y muy propia nos presenta "If You're Dreaming", su segundo álbum después de "Quit The Curse" del 2018. Esta muy linda y sensible colección de baladas originales es reconfortante y conmovedora. Aunque le hubiera ayudado mucho explorar la intensidad de sus versos en la composición, su música es suficientemente madura y acústica como para ser una rápida celebración de emociones lluviosas en días nublados.
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    Anna Burch is a very new member of the music industry that in a very simple and proper way presents "If You're Dreaming", her second album after "Quit The Curse" of 2018. This very nice and sensible collection of original ballads is moving and comforting. Even if it would've helped her to explore the intensity of her lyrics in the composition, her music is enough mature and acoustic to be a quick celebration of rainy emotions on a cloudy day.
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