
- Summary: The latest full-length release from singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell features contributions from Thomas Bartlett, JT Bates, Aaron Dessner, Josh Kaufman, Michael Lewis, and Nico Muhly.
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- Record Label: BMG
- Genre(s): Folk
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Jan 28, 2022What songs they are: melodious, wise, elegantly understated but emotionally resonant.
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Jan 26, 2022If these stories sound less compelling than those of her past work, rest assured that Mitchell’s talent as a songwriter has remained undimmed in the decade since Young Man in America.
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Rolling StoneJan 26, 2022Extends the murky, revelatory folk of [Bonnie Light Horseman] with wistful reflections on the passing of time and free-falling in love. [Jan 2022, p.71]
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Jan 27, 2022It’s the work of an artist who has succeeded on a big stage now working in miniature, sweating the small stuff with utterly charming results.
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Jan 28, 2022What it might lack in energy, Anaïs Mitchell generally makes up for in the beauty of the songwriting and performances. Mitchell’s voice never fails to deliver, wandering fairy-like through each melody while inhabiting the all-too-human yearning in her lyrics. There’s not a note or an instrument on this record that feels out of place, each little horn line or guitar twinkle is intentional and it all comes together into something with all the warmth and coziness of a winter night sitting by the fire watching the snow fall outside.
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Jan 26, 2022Anaïs Mitchell is a grownup album. It’s the first great folk album of the year, but more crucially, it’s a quiet personal triumph for Mitchell herself. Disclosing one’s own truths rarely sounds this graceful.
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Jan 31, 2022With her lowkey yet glistening collection of songs, she jumps back into the light with clearheaded confidence and a more mature outlook.
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