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78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

  • Summary: The debut release for the San Francisco singer-songwriter is also the first album on Tim Presley's Birth Records.
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Mojo
    Jan 23, 2014
    80
    Well worth a late discovery. [Feb 2014, p.97]
  2. Jul 17, 2013
    80
    Pratt’s home-recorded songs are quiet gems cradled in the rudimentary but delicate fingerpicking of her acoustic guitar.
  3. Jul 17, 2013
    80
    Pratt has provided for herself a successful introduction to the world, where her unpredictable melodies and vocal tics proudly display strengths and weaknesses with unwavering confidence, reminding of the potential contained in minimal production and instrumentation, and that music does not need to be shattering windows in order be affecting.
  4. Uncut
    Jul 17, 2013
    80
    Pratt has one of those voices, like Josephine Foster, that remain stubbornly, elusively ageless. [Feb 2013, p.78]
  5. Jul 17, 2013
    75
    Listeners who prefer their folk flashier or wrapped around memorable, poppy hooks might find Pratt's approach meandering or bland. But those with a more patient ear will find her a worthy and quietly distinct heir of Baier, Bunyan, and Dalton's homespun sound.
  6. Jul 17, 2013
    75
    This album strain on the ears or on the brain, but when the last track plays out its last seconds, it leaves a feeling of satisfaction.
  7. Jul 17, 2013
    60
    Sometimes Pratt’s nervousness about being looped into a scene extends to her album’s production. Some songs are cloaked in hissing tape, and her lyrics can be difficult to make out.
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