Bird Songs of a Killjoy
by Bedouine
User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 17
  3. Negative: 2 out of 17
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  1. sammyanthony
    Jul 7, 2019
    6
    Ever wondered about going picnic with family? Bird Songs of Killjoy can be your accompaniment during your quality time to enliven those moments. Can’t hear the vocals because it was smothered by the instrumentals? No worries, you won’t have your focus on the songs anyway.
  2. domandapiano
    Jun 23, 2019
    10
    Exquisite orchestrations make this one of the most beautiful folk records this year.
  3. typoirier
    Apr 22, 2020
    10
    Bird Songs of a Killjoy is the perfect lazy Sunday album. Every song paints a vivid image of a peaceful late summer day. The instrumentals are at times orchestral and at others intimate, and Bedouine's voice smoothly fits into each track effortlessly.

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Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. No Ripcord
    Aug 16, 2019
    80
    Although it runs a bit too long and some songs blend together, Bird Songs of a Killjoy is a heartwarming and enchanting listen. It’s as far from a killjoy as you can get.
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  2. Pitchfork
    Jul 8, 2019
    80
    As it is, Bird Songs makes for lovely twilight listening, the kind of reflective and soothing album you play when nestled into a blanket on a porch with the people you love.
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  3. Paste Magazine
    Jun 28, 2019
    80
    This tender collection of stories and songs float and flit, at times reaching the grandiosity of a movie score, but they also suggest the kind of calm we crave in the midst of this hectic existence. Korkejian is a folk magician who knows how to harness the genre’s long history of acoustic storytelling and fold in something entirely her own. Her second studio effort does both, majestically and intelligently so.
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