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  • Summary: The third full-length solo release for the Philadelphia harpist was inspired by her 2014 trip across the United States after receiving a Pew fellowship.
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  • Record Label: Ghostly International
  • Genre(s): Electronic, Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Experimental Ambient, Improvisation
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
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  1. Apr 26, 2016
    80
    The album sounds as billowing and ethereal as one would expect from a solo harpist, but Lattimore's sense of experimentation gives her a distinctive sound, and At the Dam is simply a magnificent album.
  2. Apr 26, 2016
    78
    On its face a seemingly modest project, At the Dam bursts with ambition and ideas, offering a meditation on the ever-evolving relationship Lattimore has to her instrument and the spaces she shares it with.
  3. Apr 26, 2016
    70
    On At the Dam and on her own, Lattimore delivers a haunting, lasting performance, one that feels solitary but never spare, alone but never lonesome.
  4. Uncut
    Apr 26, 2016
    70
    A much-devalued word--and probably one of the creator despises--still seems apposite for this lovely album: ethereal. [Jun 2016, p.75]