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Oct 7, 2014Taiga is an attempt at putting what it is that’s personal--vocals and lyrics--in the forefront, which is important, but it’s banished a mood and kind of mystery from everything.
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Oct 7, 2014Gone are the darker, more gothic underpinnings of her previous efforts, replaced by a shimmering, gossamer pop sheen that carries with it only shadow elements of her former sound.
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Q MagazineOct 3, 2014Danilova's vocals occasionally get bogged own in the contemporary pop production, but this foray from murky fringes into the mainstream deserves success. [Nov 2014, p.121]
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UncutOct 1, 2014At times the elemental pounding can become an aural bludgeoning. [Oct 2014, p.80]
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Oct 8, 2014Too many songs on Taiga come across as filler—too small and formulaic to impress at "taiga" scale, but too leaden to reach anthemic heights.
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Oct 10, 2014Zola Jesus has a firm grip on the magnificence her songs can accomplish. Without the threat of failure, though, that beauty runs too smooth.
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Oct 3, 2014Though Taiga ends on something of a high, in all it comes across as a wholly wasted opportunity that, with a few lessons in moderation and restraint, could have been something altogether more impressive.
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Oct 15, 2014Too much of the LP sounds like someone cranked up the brightness setting on her early work, destroying what made her unique in the process.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 26
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Mixed: 2 out of 26
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Negative: 5 out of 26
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Oct 7, 2014