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  • Summary: The latest full-length solo release for the Brooklyn-based indie artist was produced with Adam Brisbin and Julian Fader.
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  • Record Label: Ba Da Bing Records
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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  1. May 22, 2020
    80
    On ‘Nothing Lasts’, the final song on the album, Schleicher seems to find peace after what’s been a fascinating but intense journey.
  2. Q Magazine
    Jun 9, 2020
    80
    Fittingly complex. [Summer 2020, p.107]
  3. May 22, 2020
    80
    Consummation is a bold step forward and confirmation that Katie von Schleicher has a great deal to offer and should be creating satisfying music for a long time to come.
  4. 80
    Each track makes unpredictable bedfellows of certain sounds; even the deceptively simple guitar ballad, “Gross”, drops a synth that sends ripples through Von Schleicher’s lilting top register. It’s a disruption that echoes the most prominent theme, the struggle to translate her deepest thoughts to a lover, and consequently find her own power.
  5. Uncut
    May 22, 2020
    80
    Layered vocal effects and unexpected rhythms on tracks like "Messenger" and "Loud" reward repeated listens, while the pounding, jagged drums of "Caged Sleep" and blissed-out fuzz-pop of "Wheel" offer immediate satisfaction. [Jul 2020, p.39]
  6. May 22, 2020
    74
    Von Schleicher doesn’t necessarily need to be transparent; more often than not, teasing out the hidden messages that lie beneath her impressionistic songwriting is genuinely enjoyable. Calling one’s pain by name can be terrifying, and she has a great talent for subtlety. Still, Consummation is at its most transfixing when it is at its most legible.
  7. Mojo
    May 22, 2020
    60
    Too opaque to fully connect, Consummation keeps its mystery high. [Jul 2020, p.85]

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