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- Artist(s): Nick Hakim, Jeff Tobias, Aaron Otheim, Ash Rickli
- Summary: The fifth full-length release for the singer-songwriter Erin Birgy features contributions from members of such band as Big Thief, Hand Habits and Iji.
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- Record Label: Paradise of Bachelors
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Lo-Fi, Neo-Psychedelia
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The WireJul 1, 2019It joins Titanic and Big Thief’s UFOF (members of Big Thief are present) as one of 2019’s leftfield pop gems, a record created with no detectable consciousness of a wider scene but with a bedroom-wide sense of possibility. [Jul 2019, p.52]
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UncutJul 1, 2019It's part folk-rock fantasy, part avant-pop mind trip, and all gorgeous. [Aug 2019, p.32]
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Jul 1, 2019Birgy's command over both her arrangements and Dolphine's emotional flow meet with some of her best songs, making the album her strongest statement in a history of exceptional work.
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Q MagazineJul 2, 2019Birgy is a rare talent who, a decade into her career, might just be due her moment. [Aug 2019, p.112]
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MojoJul 23, 2019Even though her dreamscapes are surreal, there are moments that jolt. [Sep 2019, p.90]
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Nov 13, 2019For the most part, Birgy’s excitability lends the album an infectious charm. Ultimately, Mega Bog deserves to be appreciated alongside similarly talented proponents of the absurd, such as Aldous Harding and Cate le Bon. Dolphine is a strange and affecting listen; the sound of a free-wheeling afternoon in the sun curdling into early-evening shadows.
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Aug 16, 2019She follows her curiosity with abandon, deconstructing pop modalities with space and patience—from the strings-drenched chamber jazz (For the Old World) and the warped avant-garde of the title track to campfire folk (Spirit in the Eye of the Fire King,") her wildly eclectic, though sometimes distancing, choices sound familiar, yet completely their own.
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