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At Weddings
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Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 14 Critic Reviews What's this?

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6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

  • Summary: The debut full-length release for Kentucky-based singer-songwriter Sarah Beth Tomberlin was produced and mixed by Owen Pallett.
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. The Line of Best Fit
    Aug 17, 2018
    95
    Guarded and beautifully measured, At Weddings has an absorbingly intimate quality.
  2. Sputnikmusic
    Aug 17, 2018
    86
    It’s an album utterly relatable because love, and heartbreak, are universal. It’s also something so amazingly personal that no one could precisely duplicate it, because every experience is specific to Tomberlin’s journey. That’s At Weddings: passion, devastation, depression , and strength rolled into one. It’s tenacious, and it’s beautiful.
  3. Paste Magazine
    Aug 17, 2018
    85
    At Weddings is filled with such a powerful, saintly aura that even the most ugly subject matters can spur flawless, beautiful results.
  4. The Observer (UK)
    Aug 17, 2018
    80
    There are traces of White Chalk-era PJ Harvey, Low and Sufjan Stevens here and there, but At Weddings introduces a new and singular talent.
  5. Exclaim
    Aug 17, 2018
    80
    Her tranquilizing balance of wandering purity and unconvincing bravery is intimately grasped and yet confronted with anxiety and disbelief that decorates her daydream-like prose in conflicting ways.
  6. The Independent (UK)
    Aug 17, 2018
    80
    Truly, a remarkable debut.
  7. Under The Radar
    Nov 13, 2018
    70
    Tomberlin's use of one phrase to build the songs from is particularly powerful because of how it musically mirrors the process of introspection and the location of one memory or instance to probe for revealing insights. She chronicles her loss of faith with a bittersweet melancholy that finds self-awareness to be its own form of enlightenment. Like the ethereal light of the early morning, she rises.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 2 out of 3
  1. OneSubtleDose
    Feb 20, 2019
    9
    It's absolutely worth a listen. I have a difficult time picturing any fan with diverse taste in quality music not appreciating what aIt's absolutely worth a listen. I have a difficult time picturing any fan with diverse taste in quality music not appreciating what a beautiful debut this is. My taste spans from Dillinger to Massive Attack to Fiona and Vince Staples. I agree with the PJ Harvey comparison one 'professional' critic mentioned. I hate to compare her to anyone; but when the first artist that comes to mind is Grouper.....That's not bad. Great. Three listens later; and I don't want my Klonopin. But it's time for some Converge. LISTEN… Expand
  2. 808sIsGarbage
    Mar 2, 2019
    0
    Utter garbage stop giving this high ratings please. Of course its better than 808's but it should be nowhere near a 9/10 rating
  4. Seanna
    Jul 25, 2020
    0
    Derivative swill. Derivative swill is all I wanted to write, but metacritic has a character count to match so I’ll continue typing about thisDerivative swill. Derivative swill is all I wanted to write, but metacritic has a character count to match so I’ll continue typing about this pathetic attempt at art.… Expand

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