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Mar 5, 2019With Compliments Please, Taylor reclaims the path that the industry had laid out for a pretty girl in an indie band--and she proves, with ample sauciness and class, that strong independent women aren’t just riding trends to cash out. This is metaphorical gold.
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Mar 1, 2019Her love of hip hop is imbued in the very core of Compliments Please, shirking much of the folkish arrangements of Slow Club for a sound far bolder, and at 16 tracks strong it is clear that Taylor is not short of ideas.
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Mar 28, 2019Reinvented and revitalised, rightly Taylor has taken her position as a real pop star and this album is a brilliant opening salvo.
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UncutMar 21, 2019The sound, constructed with The very best's Johan Karlberg, is spare, clean and spry, a gratifyingly novel fit for Taylor as she dissects Slow Club's split and raw romantic wounds--a heady emotional brew of pain, thwarted lust and giddy pride. [May 2019, p.32]
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Mar 4, 2019Even at 16 tracks (including the little spoken word interludes that scatter the album), it never seems too long or self-indulgent.
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Mar 1, 2019This full-frontal approach could become too much, but Taylor balances her forcefulness with elegant and impactful production that veers from bluesy experimentalism to psychedelic soul.
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Mar 1, 2019Vocally and lyrically charged, Self Esteem’s debut is one that takes several paths in its journey, revealing Taylor as a remarkable vocalist and a powerful lyricist.
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Mar 1, 2019Her first record as Self Esteem allows her songwriting skills to flourish in all their flawed glory--at once assertive and vulnerable, her take on pop flirts with high-end glossy sonics but still holds roots in the slow-building atmospherics that fuelled her past work, as well as some leftfield R&B influences.
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Q MagazineMar 1, 2019Compliments Please may be spirited, but it isn't the most cutting-edge take on poptimism. [Apr 2019, p.116]
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