Memory
by Dan Michaelson & the Coastguards
Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. The Telegraph (UK)
    May 13, 2016
    80
    His weary regrets are cradled in a simple, swaying hammock of piano, violin and mournful horns. ... It’s a miserabilist masterpiece.
  2. Mojo
    May 5, 2016
    80
    It began with 2013's minimalist Blindspot, harrowing on lost love; moved into 2014's Distance, trying to accept things; and here's reflection. [Jun 2016, p.94]
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  3. Q Magazine
    May 5, 2016
    80
    IN Memory he finds his most reflective tone--the hurt still keening, but distant enough now to bring a gentleness and fluidity to his thought. [Jul 2016, p.111]
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  5. Uncut
    May 5, 2016
    80
    The tunes, by now, are richly coloured--there are tasteful flurries of cello, violin and brass--but the centrepiece remains Michaelson's lazy baritone, which makes up in emotional richness what it lacks in energy. Happily, Dan hasn't cheered up. [Jun 2016, p.76]
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  6. The Guardian
    May 5, 2016
    80
    These are magical songs, brimming with understated but powerful hooks and the joys of loss lifted and intimacy shared.

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