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  • Summary: The second full-length release for the Tennessee singer-songwriter was co-produced by Dan Knobler and Jerry Bernhardt.
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  1. Uncut
    Jun 14, 2018
    80
    Lovely, languid melodies disguise bleak sentiments on Erin Rae's solo debut. [Jul 2018, p.34]
  2. Jun 14, 2018
    80
    This album offers a 12-song slice of unpretentious, lovely Americana. Her songs didn’t vie for my attention or seize it; instead, I felt like I was settling into their embrace, unrushed. My heart rate slowed. Erin Rae’s lyrics are wistful and sometimes personal.
  3. Jun 14, 2018
    80
    Airs resists the cheap gratification of the indie genre’s tendency of plundering from rock & roll’s rich past with only a passing fancy. Rae’s commitment to serving the dignity and stateliness of those genres is the record’s greatest asset, and with it comes the authenticity of a younger artist who’s keenly aware of her modest place in Nashville’s wide musical tapestry, but nonetheless confident enough to prove her salt time and again.
  4. 80
    She effortlessly combines her vocal, lyrical and melodic gifts into a perfect storm on the shimmering and often spellbinding Putting on Airs.
  5. Jul 13, 2018
    70
    Special mention should go to Jerry Bernhardt (on a phenomenal variety of instruments, from mellotron to drums) and Dom Billett (drums, bass, background vocals). Rae acquits herself on acoustic and electric guitar and is someone to keep watching.
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