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  • Summary: The latest full-length release for Ramona Gonzalez as Nite Jewel was self-produced.
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  • Record Label: Gloriette
  • Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Indie Pop
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  1. Aug 27, 2021
    90
    It's raw and fearless, and just as the earliest Nite Jewel albums quietly set the course for entire musical movements of their time, it wouldn't be surprising if No Sun helped usher in a new era of forward-moving conceptual pop.
  2. Uncut
    Aug 27, 2021
    80
    Her fourth album's dramatically sparser, its unconventional structures recalling Julia Holter. ... She's most compelling on "This Time," whose haunted spaces are gradually filled with flickering keyboards and ebow guitar. [Oct 2021, p.31]
  3. The Wire
    Sep 1, 2021
    80
    Though Gonzalez has always been a great arranger and producer, this album demonstrates how much she has improved as a lyricist. [Sep 2021, p.56]
  4. Sep 2, 2021
    80
    She's continuing the very tradition she's studying, ending her intimate and vulnerable album with a cover that finds new purpose by making someone else's words—and grief—all her own.
  5. Aug 27, 2021
    77
    The album is her most accomplished, arresting work yet.
  6. Aug 27, 2021
    70
    Looking back on traditions of the distant past and moulding them within a modern sound and context, it marks a striking release from an artist that is still surprising and innovating deep into their career.
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