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  • Summary: This is the second full-length solo release for the Scottish singer-songwriter.
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  • Record Label: Slumberland
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Jul 2, 2015
    80
    At the album’s heart are McAlinden’s plaintive vocals, which drive beautifully observed songs that are as lovely as the sun over the loch.
  2. Jul 2, 2015
    80
    McAlinden knows how to wrap sadness, joy, heartache, and nostalgia into simple box with a ray of sunshine for a bow. Rest and be thankful, indeed.
  3. Q Magazine
    Jul 2, 2015
    80
    Rest And Be Thankful is as welcome as the first true summer's day in Argyll. [Aug 2015, p.109]
  4. Mojo
    Jul 6, 2015
    80
    A record with a beauty and sense of emotional elevation to match the place where it was made. [Aug 2015, p.92]