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MagnetMay 11, 2012It All Starts With One's songs all deal with love's discontents, and their desperate beauty should make a hit with those who like to wallow in desperation and unhappiness. [No.87, p.52]
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Q MagazineJun 22, 2012Brun's incredible voice - direct and moving - is at the centre of everything. [Jun 2012, p.117]
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MojoMar 8, 2012Ane Brun has never before sounded so alive.[March 2012, p.98]
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Nov 17, 2011It is one which doesn't so much shine, but glimmer with subtle brilliance all the way through.
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Nov 17, 2011Norwegian singer Ane Brun's quietly involving music occupies a spectral space in which her delicate, tremulous voice reveals shared intimacies with a rare poise.
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Nov 17, 2011It's the perfect end to a blissfully gorgeous album--one that showcases Ane Brun as being at the forefront of the new wave of Scandinavian pop music.
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May 2, 2012One can be a grower: The sleepy and skippable "Worship" (featuring an obtrusive duet vocal from Jose Gonzalez) finds Brun approaching a more accessible vocal territory-one annoyingly reminiscent of Feist. But it's a mostly stellar experience.
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Nov 17, 2011There's no reason why its quietly enchanting qualities can't go on to provide her with the breakthrough outside Scandinavia that she deserves.
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Under The RadarJul 9, 2012Orchestral flourishes give additional emotional weight to a collection of mostly soft, sweetly accented ballads. [Jun 2012, p.158]
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UncutDec 12, 2011Brun's vocals can be spine-tinglingly gorgeous and annoyingly mannered, often in the same song. [Jan 2012, p.81]
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Nov 17, 2011Ultimately, it is difficult to see this heavy and difficult album as anything but a significant misstep and a genuine disappointment.