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- Summary: The debut album for Laura Groves was recorded in different places with her family and friends.
- Record Label: Beggars XL
- Genre(s): Rock, Folk
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Q MagazineIt's tempting to say that Groves makes music mature beyond her tender years, but tha's wrong. It would be stunning no matter how old she was. [Jun 2009, p.117]
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Blue Roses, you see, is less Nash and more Bush, a dizzyingly beautiful set of delicate folk songs that sound like they’ve been sprinkled with pixie dust and reincarnated from some perfect bygone age.
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Blue Roses is a startling debut, a record that oozes warmth and charm whilst revealing itself slowly and patiently.
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Blue Roses makes it clear that Groves is inordinately talented and working with big portions of audacity and acumen.
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When Blue Roses fails, the reasons are all-too-clear, but when it succeeds it sounds like the work of someone who could leave a lasting mark.
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Those with a low tolerance for navel-gazing are advised to steer clear, but there's plenty to cherish here.
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Alternating between fingerpicked acoustic and electric, the remaining tracks are hardly deficient of introverted charm, but with the exception of the semi-propulsive 'Rebecca,' the pace is sluggish at best, resulting in a collection of songs best listened to in threes, or all at once with one's forehead pressed against the window waiting for the rain to pass.
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