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Jun 3, 2011Alpers' maintains her sense of individuality in her music while taking her sound to a whole new level. Listeners can rest assured that this album will not disappoint.
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Jun 3, 2011Like the music, there is always a vast amount of territory enclosed and in that same sense, Alpers covers a lot of ground with careful trepidation. The meticulous feel of the album stems from its creator and the calmness of the music is a sheer result of it.
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Jun 3, 2011This is the most comfortable Alpers has sounded making music, and the result is some of her best work yet.
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Jun 6, 2011Bachelorette is not as immediate or inviting as My Electric Family, but I'm hesitant to condemn it for this. It's simply a different listening experience, one which creates a different mood.
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Jul 27, 2011Much of the last half of the disc isn't quite as captivating as the first six or so songs, which may be chalked up to sonic fatigue--things not being changed up quite enough in the process--notwithstanding her apparent kiss-off, "Not Entertainment," which ends the record on a particularly memorable, strong moment that apes the sound of Vangelis of all things.
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Jun 14, 2011Although perhaps a bit overbearing at 11 songs, Bachelorette is a worthwhile collection of distinctive orchestrations that should propel Annabel Alpers even further into the limelight.
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Jun 3, 2011At home with a variety of tonal colors, Alpers is a basement Björk, stacking her multitracked voice until it hits the ceiling.
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Jun 20, 2011Bachelorette is undoubtedly a step forward from her previous work, but until she fully throws herself into it with abandon, both sides she's working here will invariably suffer.
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UncutJun 3, 2011There are still touches of the Streolab/Broadcast school of archaic electronics, but Alpers' melodies are now fuller and richer, and texturally Bachelorette brims with contrast. [Jul 2011, p.77]
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Jun 3, 2011If you're willing to fully take Alpers on her own terms, however, there's value in Bachelorette. Specifically, there are a few songs here with lovely vocal melodies and harmonies.
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Jun 3, 2011Individually the tracks have a removed piquancy, but an hour's solid exposure leaves you yearning for a crackle, some fuzz, or any human intervention.