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Mar 6, 2013The Deserters, given a chance, will completely negate any such journalistic silliness with just one listen, because it is a jolt of psychedelic, oozing instrumental wonder and songwriting magnificence.
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Mar 8, 2013It's apparent that Zeffira possesses a terrific balance of style and substance on The Deserters.
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Mar 8, 2013No matter how enchanting the music gets, nothing quite eclipses her exquisite voice, which elevates the songs on The Deserters to a blissful level that no one can touch.
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MojoMar 6, 2013The odd over ethereal moment notwithstanding, the remainder of the album proves equally alluring. [Jan 2013, p.90]
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Mar 6, 2013Her classically trained sensibilities shine through on her first solo effort, which sparkles with understated beauty.
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Mar 6, 2013Here On In, which with its motorik rhythm sounds most like the Horrors, is the only weak link on a gorgeously immersive album.
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Mar 6, 2013Eerie, melancholy and yet strangely soothing, The Deserters is an album to treasure, whatever the season.
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Mar 6, 2013It doesn’t quite all come together here as a whole album, veering between low-key dreamy ambience and more up-tempo indie pop.
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Under The RadarMar 22, 2013The Deserters finds Zeffira continuing to pursue this harmonic aura, crating a record that's frequently soothing and every so often surprising. [Mar-Apr 2013, p.97]
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Mar 6, 2013This an attention-grabbing debut album from a unique and fascinating talent, who has more than demonstrated her validity and potential as a solo artist.
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Mar 6, 2013Much of the charm of The Deserters lies in the winter-blasted chime of Zeffira’s voice, and those frozen-hinterland soundscapes.
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Mar 13, 2013A little more stylistic and structural variety could lead to something special.
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Mar 14, 2013The album is laden with a nostalgic longing that’s never as compelling as the cinematic leanings.
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Q MagazineMar 6, 2013The Deserters produces a gently psychedelic kind of romantic chamber-pop. [Jan 2013, p.113]
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Mar 6, 2013Now and then she mistakes bland tastefulness for classy restraint; otherwise, subtlety is The Deserters' chief charm.
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Mar 6, 2013It's all warmly wrought and pretty, if a trifle insubstantial at times.
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Mar 6, 2013It is a lush thing that, were we writing for a certain type of women’s mag, might have us reaching for words such as "candles" and "bubble bath."
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Jul 29, 2013Unfortunately, the “To Here Knows When” cover is one of only three peaks in an otherwise unremarkable selection of songs.
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UncutMar 6, 2013Guests Toy do their best to push things forward, but their propulsive ways merely emphasise Zeffira's absent voice. [Jan 2013, p.83]