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Jul 16, 2014It doesn't cut the deepest on first impressions, but those undulating tones of utter desolation seep beyond skin deep with every fresh listen.
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Jul 9, 2014They don't shatter boundaries or expectations, but instead provide a grand, bedrock-solid opus stuffed with 10-tonne emotional blows and tranquillity most indie-pop groups shun.
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Aug 19, 2014By embracing its influences with as much lithe confidence as it embraces the idea of endings, Woman's Hour avoid sounding derivative by making pop music that looks you in the eye. If you meet their gaze, you won't find any tears, but you will find understanding.
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Jul 18, 2014There’s a reason that the London-via-Kendall four-piece, centred around siblings Fiona and Will Burgess, have been attracting such attention. In fact, there are 11 of them on this debut full-length. Much of it’s down to Fiona Burgess’ sad yet sultry vocals and the way they stretch across these dreamy, largely synth-based songs.
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Jul 9, 2014This album is, in reality, the sound of perfectionists giving into instinct. And once they shun exactitude and all its side effects, they emerge with a dazzling debut.
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Under The RadarJul 10, 2014It's a gorgeous album, though, and a perfect one to settle in with as a night dwindles toward its end. [Jun-Jul 2014, p.88]
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MagnetAug 6, 2014Conversations ain't perfect, but Woman's Hour is probably the best bet to save this esteemed subgenre, which may have peaked just a few sentences ago. [No. 112, p.61]
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Jul 22, 2014Conversations is an album that will sink you into some kind of woozy hypnotic stupor, not pull you out of one.
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Jul 18, 2014Conversations is an impressive album, in many ways a unique one in this current landscape--though you sense that the best may be yet to come.
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Jul 17, 2014Conversations ends up a fine debut from the band, tightly focused and carefully constructed but still filled with plenty of understated heart.
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UncutJul 10, 2014Over the course of a whole album, a little more ribaldry is required. [Aug 2014, p.81]
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Jul 16, 2014For the most part, there is a stalwart consistency that interweaves through the tracks, Conversations feeling like the outcome of a thoughtful and heartfelt dialogue.
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Jul 15, 2014The best songs on Conversations point to a viable middle ground where earnest delicacy and shadowy tones co-exist, but the band has yet to fully explore that realm.