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- Summary: The second full-length release for the Jenn Wasner solo project was recorded at her North Carolina studio.
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- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Dream Pop
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Positive: 10 out of 11
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Mixed: 1 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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Apr 5, 2021Head of Roses, also Wasner’s Sub Pop debut, is her most direct record yet, full of what is definitely her clearest, most emotionally stirring work to date.
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Apr 2, 2021Wasner has you in her grip from the scratchy layered vocals and slippery synths on album opener “Heads” all the way to the melancholy, dwindling notes of “Head of Roses.”
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Mar 31, 2021On Head Of Roses Wasner still manages to deliver an album that feels both highly individual and effective in what it tries to do. It also subtly extends the sense of musical reinvention which has been ongoing since the direction-pivoting Shriek.
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UncutMar 31, 2021This multilayered and multigenre approach results in an album that is as deeply introspective as it is creatively bold and ambitious. [May 2021, p.25]
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Apr 15, 2021More transformative than dour, Head of Roses is a journey toward healing and marks another strong entry in Flock of Dimes' growing catalog of work.
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Apr 5, 2021Sanborn’s production clears space for her voice, building each song around it rather than contorting it to fit. He makes Wasner sound fully at home.
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MojoMar 31, 2021[Her] supple vocal sounds are partly obscured here by loops and electronics or resonant layers of Eno'd guitars. [May 2021, p.88]
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Positive: 2 out of 2
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Mixed: 0 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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May 13, 2021
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Apr 23, 2021Jen Wasner's talent and Nick Sanborn's (Sylvan Esso) production are magic. Top tracks are "Two" and "Awake for the Sunrise"
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