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MojoApr 24, 2018Friedberger's finest solo album to date. ... Supple, elastic, and in forward motion, it loses nothing in translation. Vibrate, resonate. [Jun 2018, p.86]
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May 9, 2018While writing some of the most accessible music of her career, she makes fun of the assignment a bit while completing it. The maturity of her songwriting voice on Rebound is staggering, and makes her enterprise feel like an emotionally embodied exercise as well as a technical, aesthetic one.
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May 7, 2018Friedberger’s economical way with language, the way she can pack complex emotions into the space of a few lines, testifies to her craftsmanship. Though its origins are relatively modest--a woman alone with her thoughts and a cheap keyboard--Rebound doesn’t sound like a bedroom record.
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May 4, 2018Rebound sees bits of the Fiery Furnaces sound creeping back in. There aren’t any backwards-mixed vocals or abrupt key changes, but synths and programmed drums return to augment a batch of songs somewhat less rooted in concrete storytelling details.
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May 4, 2018Rebound isn’t seismic—longtime fans will have no trouble cozying up to many of these songs. There are elements, however, that separate the album from its predecessors and suggest some tentative movement toward a new way of working.
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Jun 12, 2018A musical getaway, Rebound finds Friedberger freed from expectations, and with a spring in her music's step that hasn't been heard in some time.
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May 8, 2018In Rebound, Friedberger meets mementos of happier times and opportunities for immediate joy with identical ease. And that is the promise, making her latest album an intriguing open door from an artist who continues to grow in all possible ways.
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May 4, 2018It’s all held together by sharp, tunefully lovely songwriting, and the likes of Make Me a Song and Everything are copper-bottomed, classy, euphoric electro pop.
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May 4, 2018As on her previous albums, what makes Eleanor’s songwriting feel magical are the stories she tells and the tiny details she drops in.
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May 4, 2018On her latest effort, the singer-songwriter proves that the power of reinvention suits her just fine.
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May 1, 2018More notable for its meditative atmosphere than blockbuster tracks, Rebound isn’t the sort of record that will blow anyone away, but that’s never been Friedberger’s MO. When it comes to neatly capturing knotty feelings and subtle changes of mood, she remains one of indie rock’s masters.
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Q MagazineApr 24, 2018Melodically subtler than Friedberger's past albums, Rebound still swings thanks to her innate, and often-overlooked, knack for songwriting. [Jun 2018, p.112]
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UncutApr 24, 2018Eleanor Friedberger is rejuvenated on fourth solo album Rebound. [Jun 2018, p.27]
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May 4, 2018She’s created an album that’s worth more time than a quick fling on the rebound, another engaging entry in her ever-expanding catalogue.
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Apr 30, 2018Rebound continues her trajectory as an distinctive artist who's ever-skilful in her sonic explorations.
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Apr 30, 2018Rebound doesn’t represent an entirely successful experiment--especially when, on ‘In Between Stars’, things begin to sound suspiciously like Texas--but when Friedberger gets it right, the record soars.
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May 3, 2018At best, it sounds like an honest re-fashioning of comfortable old sounds. At worst, it sounds like a forgotten Christine McVie solo album.
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Apr 24, 2018The conviction that has defined her career so far is nowhere to be seen here and, whilst the reason for this change is still unclear, the result is a record of missed opportunities and inexcusable shortcomings. [Mar - May 208, p.54]
Awards & Rankings
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Positive: 10 out of 12
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Mixed: 1 out of 12
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Negative: 1 out of 12
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Jul 13, 2018
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May 29, 2018