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- Summary: The third full-length release from singer-songwriter Lael Neale was created after she moved back to her family's farm in Virginia from Los Angeles.
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- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Folk, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Indie Folk
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Apr 20, 2023Given Star Eaters Delight’s briefer running time than its predecessor, Neale has put together a tight package of an album with no stray notes but one also brimming with a sly multitude of ideas. Kudos to Neale for not playing it safe and simultaneously doing something wholly different than anyone else out there.
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Apr 20, 2023Star Eaters Delight is less of a uniform statement than Acquainted with Night was, but this collection of versatile songs acts as a tour of different neighborhoods in the beautifully smeary nocturnal dream world Neale began building on her last album.
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MojoApr 20, 2023Neale is imaginative, but she's steeped in songwriting craft and she knows her way aound a whopping chorus. That's more than enough. [Jun 2023, p.90]
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Apr 26, 2023Star Eater’s Delight is Neale’s best, and most accessible, work to date.
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Apr 21, 2023Neale has placed her trust in life’s meanders—and in its source—and the result is her best work yet: a golden mean between experimentation and pop, lo-fi and hi-fi, vitality and rest.
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UncutApr 20, 2023An elegantly spare showcase for her radiant voice, a tremulous yodel tinged with gospel and country inflections. [May 2023, p.31]