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8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

  • Summary: The third full-length release for the British singer-songwriter was influenced by her experience living in the United States while working as a journalist the past three years.
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Phoenixes
The Phoenixes headed west cross country Nebraska, Nevada The phoenix has to leave its nest but Change is good for some It is not good for... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Mar 15, 2016
    80
    All-in-all, Second Loves is well worth peeling back the layers of upon a strong handful of listens.
  2. 80
    Both muted and epic, Second Love foresees a future where torch singers are forlorn replicants and a post-human’s ElectroFolk.2 port is hard-wired to its heart. You’ll believe they can 3D-print love songs now.
  3. Feb 19, 2016
    80
    [Phoenixes is] given layers of treated guitar and robotic backing vocals, creating a stillness that ramps up the emotional effect of the song. It’s indicative of the qualities of the album as a whole; potent stuff.
  4. Mar 14, 2016
    80
    Second Love is a benchmark smashed and an affecting portrait of a millennial lost soul.
  5. Mar 9, 2016
    75
    She’s more confident, done explaining herself. Moss’ dense paragraphs have been stripped down to just a few words, and the results are more poetry than prose.
  6. Apr 1, 2016
    70
    The songs are foundationally solid enough in their swaying rhythms and sublime melodies that they don’t need twists to keep them interesting, but the care Emmy puts into the album’s crevices makes it one of the fullest-sounding and fullest-feeling singer/songwriter LPs of early 2016.
  7. Mojo
    Feb 19, 2016
    60
    Emmy's most effective tool is a sense of place, and her journey from experience to the finished work, saturated in detail, is often a lot darker than her measured delivery suggests. [Mar 2016, p.94]

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