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Jun 23, 2017Harding’s delivery is unique, her range from the deepest velvet to the most discordant cry; her enunciation infusing every syllable with her tortured soul. ... Simply stunning.
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May 22, 2017Shifting moods and voices effortlessly, Harding is an often technically astonishing performer, and Party is a work of quiet power. An inviting, captivating darkness.
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May 30, 2017There is something both abstract and individual and yet universal about the way that Harding writes and presents her trials and triumphs of the heart.
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May 22, 2017Harding is her own woman, an arresting vocalist whose mannered deliveries--from chanteuse to jazzy--and intense themes defy obvious influence.
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May 22, 2017On Party her songs are minimalistic, but they carry an emotional weight to which no one is able to stay indifferent.
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May 19, 2017For the most part though, this is a party for one, best enjoyed curled up with few distractions in the twilight hours. Sit, contemplate, and be absorbed into Aldous Harding’s spellbinding realm.
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Q MagazineMay 18, 2017Understated yet charismatic, Harding has the gift of making reality seem like a very fragile and porous thing indeed. [Jul 2017, p.108]
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UncutMay 18, 2017These are thoroughly modern songs--and very much Harding's own. [Jun 2017, p.30]
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May 18, 2017It’s an album that creates a very particular headspace of desire, paranoia and possibility.
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May 19, 2017All the fantastic background experimentation, bleating wind instruments, and appearances by Mike Hadreas (Perfume Genius) are ultimately too slight to lend the record much in the way of dynamics. Still, Harding’s command of her craft is evident and worth witnessing on Party--and worth keeping an eye on in the future.
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May 18, 2017Party finds the sweet spot between raw and refined, and in doing so, feels very real.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 23 out of 26
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Mixed: 1 out of 26
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Negative: 2 out of 26
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Nov 20, 2021
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Sep 2, 2019A very consistent album. 9 tracks that complement each other. 9 calm tracks. 9 endeering songs. 9 ways to fall in love with Aldous Harding.
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Apr 22, 2018Aldous Harding presents with "Party" a well-rounded sophomore LP that is both emotionally complex as it is vocally impressive.