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Jul 10, 2015This is one of the most beautiful albums you’ll hear this year or any other, speaking softly but resonating deeply and long after the last sounds fade away.
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Jun 18, 2015All 11 tracks are evocative and addictive.
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Jun 22, 2015A true post-folk record, dyed in the acoustic sound of the English and Californian folk movements of the late 1960s and early ’70s, but not particularly scholarly or eccentric.
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Jun 22, 2015All 11 original songs spiral out from a strong, controlled core of patience.
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Jun 22, 2015It carefully builds--creatively and emotionally--on everything Baird had accomplished so far and ascends to another level entirely.
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Jun 22, 2015Don’t Weigh Down The Light certainly rewards repeated listening.
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Jun 19, 2015Baird has produced a record that you know deserves to be heard, yet want to keep all to yourself.
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The WireJun 17, 2015Baird's mixture of history-steeped elements keeps her songs from being tethered to any given time period, including the present, which makes them apt vehicles for words about relationships fraught with uncertainty. [Jun 2015, p.42]
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UncutJun 15, 2015Fashions change, but Baird's music remains gorgeous, harbouring a kind of still magic without resorting to self-consciously wyrd affectations. [Jul 2015, p.71]
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Jun 15, 2015Don’t Weigh Down the Light is a precise, meditative work, and one that can be rewarding with each successive listen.
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MojoJun 15, 2015Things can get twee--but this feels like a tiny church in that forest, sacred and touching. [Jul 2015, p.92]
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Jun 19, 2015Baird's voice sounds as potent and icy-clear as ever.
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Jun 25, 2015It’s hard to properly describe an album which needs to be experienced from start to finish rather than intimately analysed. Give yourself the opportunity to become part of Meg Baird’s brave new world. You won’t be disappointed.
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Jun 25, 2015Despite possessing a somewhat dour countenance, the main effect of this record is a sort of replenishment.
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Jun 15, 2015Espers, the rockier duo with which she made her name, seem to be on permanent hiatus, but this more than suffices.
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MagnetJul 8, 2015It's all beautifully crafted, though very sad. [No. 122, p.53]
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Q MagazineJul 1, 2015These songs aren't as charcoal-stark as her earlier solo work, but the aura of breathy acid-folk enchantment can leave the feeling there is too much atmospheric smoke, not enough revelatory mirror. [Aug 2015, p.104]
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Jun 22, 2015Not a great deal seems to be happening--then you are suddenly brought up short by the guitar that sings out on Back to You or the polyphony of Leaving Song.