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May 10, 2017Each track is an excellent pop song and a complete sound environment, the sonic equivalent of a sensually immersive art installation.
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Oct 3, 2017An artful mix of focus and atmosphere, Real High may be Nite Jewel's finest moment to date.
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The WireAug 8, 2017Nite Jewel sounds like a latter-day Prince protégé, with a beatific calm to her tone. [Jul 2017, p.56]
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Jun 12, 2017Real High is the best Nite Jewel record and most definitely one of the best of 2017 so far.
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Jun 5, 2017Nite Jewel’s fourth album is her most personal and lyric-driven yet.
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May 12, 2017Real High is a considered, mature statement for Nite Jewel.
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May 11, 2017The album will appeal to new fans, but for anyone that has followed Nite Jewel’s creative ascendance over the years, Real High will stand out as the artistic apex of what she has attempted to create during her short but eventful career. The overwhelming impression is that of authority; an artist at one with herself and her vision.
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May 10, 2017By putting old sounds into different contexts, Nite Jewel’s albums work as an exploration of a happier nostalgia. Because she takes a specific sound as her point of departure this time around, Real High is her most focused work yet.
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May 10, 2017Sonically velveteen the whole way through, it’s certainly a comforting album, though Gonzalez’s efforts to capture the commanding, immediate quality of the music of her influences feel, overall, a little too cautious.