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- Summary: The latest full-length release for the British singer-songwriter was produced by Joshua Henry.
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- Record Label: Dead Oceans
- Genre(s): Folk
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Positive: 12 out of 13
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Mixed: 1 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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The WireMar 3, 2020Countless Branches does nothing different, but seems to knock them all dead by virtue of its naked simplicity alone. Some of these tracks are scarcely crafted songs at all but simple musings, addressed to no one in particular, not even an inward self, just uttered over soft, slow piano chords. [Mar 2020, p.48]
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Jan 17, 2020Countless Branches, perhaps due to its profound yet intimate vision as well as its craft, just may be Fay's masterpiece.
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Jan 15, 2020This is one of those rare records were extra additions aren't just unnecessary; fine as they are, the fuller arrangements of some of these same songs included here as bonus tracks suggest that Fay has cooked up material of such elemental and fragile beauty that any additional noises could easily scare away the magic.
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UncutJan 14, 2020It's a warmer interpretation of Fay's celebration of and concern for the state of the world than on 2015's icier Who IS The Sender? [Feb 2020, p.22]
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Q MagazineJan 14, 2020The minimalism only focuses the listener on his searching, spiritual lyrics and lovely, time-aged voice. [Feb 2020, p.111]
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MojoJan 14, 2020Instead of meeting fire with ire, there's an attempt to provide calm, clarity, a space to contemplate what really matters. [Feb 2020, p.93]
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Jan 21, 2020There’s a solid, heartening release to be found in Countless Branches. It’s a shame that Fay and Dead Oceans didn’t take the opportunity to tease it out.
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Positive: 3 out of 5
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Mixed: 2 out of 5
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Negative: 0 out of 5
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