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- Summary: The sixth full-length release for Meg Remy as U.S. Girls was recorded with a live band and was co-produced with Steve Chahley.
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- Record Label: 4AD
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Positive: 21 out of 22
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Mixed: 1 out of 22
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Negative: 0 out of 22
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Feb 27, 2018Remy is at her most confident as a writer and singer on Poem, and, by working with others, she’s created the fullest realization of U.S. Girls yet.
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Q MagazineFeb 12, 2018In A Poem Unlimited never preaches its messages--it purrs them, the melodies letting them percolate slowly. Remy has taken on today's biggest topic and made it sparkle. [Mar 2018, p.105]
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Feb 21, 2018As activist hashtags #MeToo and #TimesUp bear weight and stage heavy resistance against a significant and still increasing population of men with power, Remy’s words prop up the cause, not quite providing the movement its anthem(s), but certainly offering its reason(s) why.
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Feb 16, 2018This is the most rewarding album from the project yet, as it only seems to unfold further and further as you delve deeper and keep replaying.
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Feb 23, 2018In a Poem Unlimited offers certainty over contradiction. Remy may loathe violence but understands the pleasures of getting mad. The songs offer a release from moral uncertainty.
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Feb 21, 2018She hasn’t lost anything, just slipped her message into an unusually sleek, attractive covering where we might not have been looking for it.
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Feb 16, 2018The message of US Girls hides under an instrumental output which is far more intriguing than its lyrics--the music is a bit too good for its political musings to be wholeheartedly focused on.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 10
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Mixed: 0 out of 10
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Negative: 0 out of 10
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Feb 28, 2018
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Jun 4, 2020This album is such a beautiful piece of music that exceeds most of its time. I also believe this was the peak of U.S. Girls. A must listen.
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