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By eschewing the careworn vulnerability so favoured by many female artists, Veirs allows her remarkable songcraft and ornate use of language to shine.
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Uncut[It] strikes a finer balance between ['Year Of Meteors'] and the magic folk realism of her earlier work. [Apr 2007, p.116]
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Although Saltbreakers may have less easy-to-find melodic hooks than its predecessor, it certainly doesn’t lack much in the rich eclecticism stakes.
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Veirs here is at the peak of her game, and as refreshing as a lungful of oxygen.
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Saltbreakers is a wonderful album – a little glossy on the surface maybe, but saved from preciousness by its intelligence, restraint and soaring images.
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The spellbinding quality of Veir's sharp, chilly vocals - at their most powerful on the tracks Black Butterfly and Don't Lose Yourself - stops it sounding like something a Church of England vicar thought up.
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On “Saltbreakers,” as on her previous albums, her inner thoughts are inseparable from the natural world. [9 Apr 2007]
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Saltbreakers is exceptionally strong, and it shows Veirs has more than just poetic whimsy up her sleeve.
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She succeeds on a level that was always just out of reach; the whole thing feels organic and natural.
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MojoThis remains at its essence an album of beguiling, rain-splashed intimacy. [May 2007, p.106]
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Upon first listen, Saltbreakers feels significantly less chilly than 2005's sparse Year of Meteors, but further spins reveal a dark core that radiates warmth only intermittently.
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Veirs’ songs are content to be four-minute pop numbers that exude hooks and instrumental magic; her album is content to be a collection of these songs, with no big finish or three-act dramatic arc.
User score distribution:
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thrownfreeMay 13, 2007
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DanMay 3, 2007
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CaptainWackyApr 29, 2007