- Record Label: Anti
- Release Date: Jun 28, 2011
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Dec 19, 2011She's never been more as completely herself on record as she is here.
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UncutJul 19, 2011Here, the 35-year -old is once again joined by co-producer/multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily, who provides settings that ate mostly empty, the better to allow Holland's mystical persona to fully inhabit them, as she sings in an elongated East Texas Drawl that curls like smoke rings. [Aug 2011, p.90]
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Jul 7, 2011With still improved resources and an excellent group of musicians around her-The Grand Chandeliers features Shazad Ismaily's bass, guitarist Grey Gersten, and honorary member Mark Ribot-Holland now achieves a sound she probably never imagined for herself eight or even five years ago.
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Under The RadarAug 4, 2011Blood is yet another solid gold deposit in her peerless discography. [Jul 2011, p.92]
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Jun 29, 2011In lesser hands, what makes Holland such a distinctive vocalist might also limit her range, yet she inhabits these songs confidently and dexterously.
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Aug 8, 2011Like 2008's The Living And The Dead, Blood leans on judicious electric guitar solos, most often from Shahzad Ismaily, who co-produced the album, but also from Grey Gersten and, on one track, Marc Ribot.
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Jul 8, 2011Her fifth record is dark, even by her standards, full of bitterness and pessimism.
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Jul 6, 2011Holland sings songs of discombobulation and wonder, and all is mannered but also naturalistic.