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- Summary: The third full-length solo release for Erika Anderson was co-produced with Unknown Mortal Orchestra's Jacob Portrait.
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- Record Label: City Slang
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Sep 21, 2017On Exile in the Outer Ring, Anderson calls on listeners to maintain their humanity in powerful, unnerving ways that make it one of her finest achievements.
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Aug 25, 2017Dread surrounds Exile In The Outer Ring like a thick fog. As much as EMA empathizes with “the kids from the void,” her excellent album offers little comfort besides the gentle urging of “Hey, don’t go away” (“Down And Out”).
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Aug 21, 2017Between concept and clamorous noise, Exile is the sound of an unflinching, old-school, outsider-punk voice rising to modern challenges.
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Aug 22, 2017Her ability to turn raw emotion into compelling and riveting music carries Exile in the Outer Ring, and the result is some of the best material we've heard from her yet.
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Sep 6, 2017Through the album, EMA never judges or grandstands. She takes snapshots of life outside metropolises, inviting everyone to look closer at those left behind in the outer ring.
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Aug 21, 2017The drone-folk sound of Gowns, the band the South Dakota singer/songwriter previously fronted, is still present, and while she retains a fondness for repetition, sometimes to her detriment, there's a faster, more insistent approach across tracks like "Breathalyzer" and "I Wanna Destroy." [Jul - Sep 2017, p.56]
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MojoAug 22, 2017Clever, unflinching, experimental and catchy. [Oct 2017, p.98]
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