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Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Negative: 1 out of 13
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  1. May 19, 2014
    80
    It may have taken four albums to get there, but Smoke Fairies have assumed control of the ship.
  2. Uncut
    May 7, 2014
    80
    The songs are more direct and arrive with a harder edge [than 2012's Blood Speaks]. [May 2014, p.80]
  3. Mojo
    Apr 23, 2014
    80
    They still sing some parts in unison, but here their voices are arranged more imaginatively. [May 2014, p.89]
  4. Apr 15, 2014
    80
    Smoke Fairies is full of great songs and shimmers with little details--a bit of spooky guitar here, an unexpected vocal swoon there.
  5. 80
    Smoke Fairies’ fourth album finds the English duo taking a tangent from their folk/blues approach with the help of a young producer, Kristofer Harris, who gives them a textured sound.
  6. 80
    If Blood Speaks found streaks of steel, Smoke Fairies is malleable in music and meaning.
  7. Magnet
    Jun 18, 2014
    75
    Much of Smoke Fairies is the sound of a band embracing fatter orchestration and fuller arrangements on virtually every cut. [No. 110, p.61]
  8. Apr 11, 2014
    70
    This might not be the album that sees them break through, but it is a fine body of work from a pair of musicians embracing the thing they love most.

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