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Mar 3, 2015After sees her returning, confidently, to her role as a modern-day pop experimentalist.
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MagnetMar 12, 2015On this enthralling sophomore effort, Spaltro continues to refine her skill set and approach without sacrificing any of her signature adventurousness or decidedly un-lamb-like power. [No. 118, p.59]
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Mar 3, 2015While most tracks are easy enough to hum along to, laced with warm banjo and pretty keys, it’s the unexpected explosions of warped guitar solos that make Lady Lamb’s softer moments standout--and the album as a whole succeed.
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Mar 16, 2015For anyone willing to stick around long enough to listen, they are richly and endlessly rewarding.
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May 20, 2015After isn’t perfect, but it’s certainly an album that sounds as strong and mysterious the first time and 10th time you listen to it.
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May 7, 2015All in all, a unique and satisfying effort.
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Mar 12, 2015A consistently entertaining hour that fizzes with effervescent, energetic childlike wonder but also grounded with solid, sometimes cryptic, ‘Grandmother-smart’ foundations.
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Mar 3, 2015With her lovely, expressive voice, she finds the truths at the core of each song, making this one of the early year’s breakthroughs.
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Mar 3, 2015After is a minor triumph that makes it clear Lady Lamb is going to be around for a while, and may give you new hope for those kids making arty noise in their basement down the block.
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Under The RadarApr 17, 2015Her most finely structured and aesthetically poppy songs yet. [Apr - May 2015, p.89]
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Mar 4, 2015After clocks in at a solid hour--and it's an hour you'll feel, because while After boasts a stacked lineup of well-crafted songs, it's a choppy ride to make it through them all.
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Jun 23, 2015After is personified by her ragged, powerful voice, under which she picks, thrashes and strums riffs that mostly sound just as full of character.
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Mar 23, 2015She waits till the last line to reveal the common thread: "There's a sweetness in us that lives long past the dust on our eyes once our eyes finally close."
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UncutMar 3, 2015While After lacks the appealing chaos of predecessor Ripely Pin, it compensates with bright choruses that contrast with a dark, decaying lyrical scheme. [Apr 2015, p.78]
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Jun 30, 2015An album which starts feeling a bit dense and chewy halfway through.