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- Record Label: Last Gang Records
- Release Date: Sep 15, 2017
- Artist(s): Emily Haines
- Summary: The second full-length solo release for the Metric/Broken Social Scene singer was produced with Metric guitarist Jimmy Shaw (who also mixed the album).
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- Record Label: Last Gang Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 8 out of 11
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Mixed: 3 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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Sep 13, 2017It's a beautiful piece of work from an artist who is destined to walk among Canada's elite singer/songwriters.
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MagnetSep 18, 2017Choir Of The Mind is more often introspective and engrossing. [No. 146, p.57]
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Sep 13, 2017It all drifts along at an unhurried pace, but if you've been waiting a decade for more of Haines' most intimate music, you'll be rewarded for taking the time to let Choir of the Mind sink in.
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Oct 4, 2017Though melancholy, the album never wallows or gets stuck or even treads water, largely due to all the movement constantly happening in the vocal and piano lines. It feels like an exploration rather than a sealed-up document of the past.
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UncutSep 13, 2017Tracks such as "Nihilist Abyss," "Fatal Gift" and "Minefield Of Memory" grapple with the "deceptive deal" of experience, while her elliptical melodies recall Elliott Smith in Figure 8 mode. [Oct 2017, p.30]
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Sep 22, 2017In truth, the only weakness to Choir Of The Mind is its length – at 13 tracks and clocking in at just under an hour, it’s a long time to spend with an album that’s so resolutely downbeat. Yet there’s a lot to admire with Haines’ second solo effort (not least the quality of her production) and it makes a decent calm counterpoint to the swirling storm of Metric.
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Sep 15, 2017Despite the gorgeous piano playing and the adept songwriting, Choir of the Mind is an overall bummer.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Sep 21, 2017
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