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May Your Kindness Remain
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews What's this?

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

  • Summary: The sixth full-length release for the Arizona-born singer-songwriter was produced by Mark Howard.
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  • Record Label: Fat Possum
  • Genre(s): Country, Folk, Americana, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Country-Rock, Country-Folk, Alternative Folk
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. The Guardian
    Mar 23, 2018
    100
    May Your Kindness Remain confirms Andrews’ rise. It’s a brilliant record, proof that old forms can still be timeless.
  2. Paste Magazine
    Mar 22, 2018
    81
    The Seattle singer spends much of May Your Kindness Remain exploring ideas of home and what it means to have roots, on 10 new tunes that are lusher and more expansive while leaving plenty of room to showcase her astonishing voice.
  3. Q Magazine
    Mar 22, 2018
    80
    Loneliness and melancholy rarely sound this positive and on more upbeat tracks such as Two Cold Nights In Buffalo, Andrews happily confronts and owns her life choices. [May 2018, p.104]
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  4. AllMusic
    Mar 22, 2018
    80
    May Your Kindness Remain impacts with these evocative snapshots of the 99-percent, but it also does so with Andrews' rich voice and melodicism as well as a lingering sadness.
  5. Dusted Magazine
    Mar 29, 2018
    80
    Andrews’ band is first rate, particularly organist Daniel Walker, whose weedy, wavering hum imbues these songs with a mournful depth of field. ... What’s new, here, however, is how damned strong she is, how fierce a belter, how indomitable a chronicler of the middle-class struggle.
  6. PopMatters
    Apr 23, 2018
    80
    Andrews' ability to write seemingly simple songs that contain deep levels of ambiguity combined with her superb vocal talents make her a special artist.
  7. Uncut
    Mar 22, 2018
    50
    Her follow-up, produced by Mark Howard, adds country-gospel choirs and fussy arrangements to her palette, steamrolling any nuance she might bring to these characters. [Apr 2018, p.23]
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  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Stijntsje
    Mar 23, 2018
    10
    The songwriting is at least as good as on her previous album 'Honest Life', but the production is much bolder and more assertive, giving theThe songwriting is at least as good as on her previous album 'Honest Life', but the production is much bolder and more assertive, giving the record a rather epic feel. I absolutely love it.… Expand
  2. 1961Blanchflowe
    Mar 23, 2018
    10
    CMA has been writing great songs and singing them beautifully for years, since she was a precociously talented teenager (though she hasCMA has been writing great songs and singing them beautifully for years, since she was a precociously talented teenager (though she has disowned her first three albums and they are hard to track down). Sixth album Honest Life was a well deserved breakthrough, but this is a leap forward in terms of both songwriting and singing. If you're looking for a wise and empathetic take on life and love, delivered by a voice that bears comparison with greats like Joan Baez, Emmylou Harris and Joni Mitchell, then this may be the album for you. Great support from her band and producer Mark Howard.… Expand

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