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- Summary: The singer/songwriter's fifth release, funded by a Kickstarter campaign, is lyrically poignant and melodic with a folk edge.
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- Record Label: Box of Cedar
- Genre(s): Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 17 out of 19
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Mixed: 2 out of 19
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Negative: 0 out of 19
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Jun 17, 2011Marissa Nadler is indeed expansive, but it presses on the chest and pulls at the soul in its own feathery, ethereal way.
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Jun 17, 2011Marissa Nadler hints at larger tragedies and losses, implying an overarching break-up narrative that gives each song added force.
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Jun 17, 2011With the help of producer Brian McTear, the songs fit together naturally; whether above synthesizers or acoustic guitar, Nadler never sounds forced.
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Jun 17, 2011There is an air of melancholy that cloaks her work, from The Saga of Mayflower May (2005) to Songs III: Bird on the Water (2007) to Little Hells (2009), and her self-titled record is no exception.
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Aug 18, 2011She may remain an intimate, closely held artist for a certain sect of listeners, but by any standards hers is some powerful, accomplished songwriting-and in many ways Marissa Nadler epitomizes this ever-maturing skill more lucidly than any of her prior work.
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Aug 10, 2011This is an expansive and striking collection of songs that reaches out even in its most quiet moments and, in the end, evokes plenty of melancholy-but Nadler's greatest feat here is the way she seduces us into that world.
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Jul 5, 2011Music doesn't always need to be about preaching, grand-slam bombastic leanings or pushing the envelope forward – that's a fallacy. Sometimes it can just be sonically gorgeous, layered and pleasing to your hearing and thought - just as Marissa Nadler ends up being.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Jun 19, 2011
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