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Jun 28, 2021They've rarely sounded this in-tune with each other or this certain of their purpose. It's gorgeously arranged, amazingly textured, and evocative in ways that only patient music can be.
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Jun 25, 2021A Color of the Sky trades immediacy for intentionality. The album at times brings to mind the slow-moving immersive sound worlds of bands like Low, Talk Talk, and Mazzy Star, with Lightning Bug again expanding on familiar inspirations to craft an intricate and beautiful personal expression, only softer.
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MojoAug 3, 2021More cohesive, languid and countrified [than Floaters and October Song]. [Sep 2021, p.83]
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Jun 25, 2021A Color of the Sky is an enchanting cache of guitar pop with echoes of Talk Talk, Cocteau Twins, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, and Emmylou Harris.
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Jul 1, 2021A Color of the Sky is now a beautiful summer record, perfect for consumption during long-awaited family reunions and Saturday brunches.
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Jul 13, 2021A Color of the Sky wears its derivative textures as a superhero might don a form-fitting costume, transforming tales of creative defeat into high-definition triumphs.
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Jun 25, 2021Through the conviction in Kang’s voice—and the experimental nature of some of the choices in arrangement and production—otherwise sterile arrangements are given life and charm. A Color of the Sky may not light the world on fire, but it should ignite a warm spark in enough hearts to make it worthwhile.
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Aug 19, 2021What a voice! So tranquil, great to focus on for the detail or just have on in the background for how pleasant it is