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80 out of 100

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9.5 out of 10

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  • Summary: The singer/songwriter's first release, funded by a Kickstarter campaign, is lyrically poignant and melodic with a folk edge.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. The A.V. Club
    Jun 17, 2011
    91
    Marissa Nadler is indeed expansive, but it presses on the chest and pulls at the soul in its own feathery, ethereal way.
  2. Paste Magazine
    Jun 17, 2011
    90
    Marissa Nadler hints at larger tragedies and losses, implying an overarching break-up narrative that gives each song added force.
  3. Uncut
    Jul 28, 2011
    60
    For this fifth album, she changes tack again, gaining in clarity what she loses in originality. [Aug 2011, p.94]
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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  1. hinderwander
    10
    This album is like a door into another world. So original, so carefully crafted, so rewarding. There are comparison touch points like Leonard Cohen or Hope Sandoval but they really don't give you an idea of what you're about to hear. I just can't believe that in a moment like right now, 2011 A.D., that an album possesses this kind of delicacy and patience to reward the listener in ways that most other artists/albums seem unaware are even possibilities.… Expand
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  2. JPablo
    9
    Marissa Nadler returns with eerie songs that remind her last albums, she offers a new musical progress compared to her previous work, but no musical innovation as such. What makes this album worthwhile is the quality that Marissa has a songwriter, this album is full of beautiful lyrics which together with her great vocal performance make this album a magical and captivating gem. You just need to hear songs like "In your lair, Bear", "In a magazine", or the masterpiece "Puppet master" to fall in love with this album that as Marissa Nadler said "It's the most honest, natural record I've ever written"… Expand
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