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Mar 16, 2016O'Donovan knows how to sing perfectly with sparse and delicate arrangements and the album, which also features Tucker Martine (the Decemberists), shows she can create some magic of her own on this her second solo album.
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Feb 10, 2016In producer Tucker Martine’s hands (he’s worked with Neko Case, Punch Brothers, the Decemberists and Laura Veirs), O’Donovan’s music sounds light and atmospheric, her folk freed up by billowing electric guitars and sensitive percussion.
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Jan 27, 2016In the Magic Hour lives up to its title. O'Donovan's sometimes searing, always poetically rendered lyrics are matched by astute, economically articulated melodies.
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MojoJan 22, 2016In The Magic Hour is, in turn, both exhilarating and exploratory. [Feb 2016, p.97]
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Jan 22, 2016Sweetness and sadness find a tenuous balance in the voice of Aoife O’Donovan--and in the songs on her second album, In the Magic Hour.
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Jan 22, 2016With subtle rhythms and interesting melodies, In The Magic Hour delivers both lightness and depth in one hauntingly beautiful recording.
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Jan 22, 2016It’s a haunting, generally melancholy 40 minutes that cries out for repeated playings to best capture the fleeting melodies, atmospheric performances and the singer’s delicate concepts.
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Q MagazineJan 22, 2016Stanley Park, Hornets and Magpie carry a wistful, charming nostalgia about them, but maybe it's a generation too removed making In The Magic Hour's nods to tradition often superficial rather than tapping into the music's deepest heartbeat. [Feb 2016, p.115]