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  • Summary: The second full-length release for the Canadian indie rock project of Cassia Hardy was recorded by Mason Pitzel.
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  • Record Label: Mint Records
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Punk Revival
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  1. Jun 16, 2020
    80
    Survival's unguarded emotions -- the joy in creating a world in which to thrive, the pain endured along the way -- radiate an honesty that's all the more striking because it's so rare.
  2. Jun 16, 2020
    80
    Hardy and her band have written an album that meets the daily crises of life head on, finding light in the darkness and the motivation to keep going. That victory was born out of a very personal fight, but with Survival, Wares make the personal universal.
  3. Jun 16, 2020
    77
    Wares are ultimately less concerned with craft than catharsis, no matter how messy it gets. Hardy’s irrepressible personality abounds even in the album’s more delicate moments.
  4. Jun 16, 2020
    50
    Survival is a listenable album, but the songcraft leaves something to be desired. It seems like Hardy needs to find a way to play to her strengths more consistently, and it will make her songs more effective.
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