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7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5 Ratings

  • Summary: The second full-length release for the music project of Winston Yellen features influences from R&B and electronic pop.
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Corner
Dull thin air It was running All my thoughts Weighted nothing Losing my love, losing my love, losing my love Why do you take it so far? Why do you... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Negative: 2 out of 11
  1. Aug 3, 2015
    80
    The daring of Night Beds here is commendable, and overstuffed though it is, Ivywild is a beautiful and haunting album whose only flaw is that it offers too much of a good thing.
  2. Aug 7, 2015
    80
    Acknowledging that Night Beds' strict chamber-folk fans are bound to be disappointed if not horrified, taken on its own Ivywild is sonically rich, adventurous, envelopingly wistful, and undeniably stunning.
  3. 80
    At 16 tracks long, it’s a dense, textured offering that--on numbers like the lush ‘Love Streams’--manages to shimmer with both nimble experimentation and languid pop finesse.
  4. Uncut
    Aug 3, 2015
    70
    This is something wholly unexpected. [Sep 2015, p.78]
  5. 65
    Yellen’s vision is ambitious and expansive, but not always easy to digest.
  6. Mojo
    Aug 3, 2015
    60
    The glitchy electronics hard shield his soulful voice, but on tracks like Corner the digital pulse yields more human warmth. [Sep 2015, p.95]
  7. Ivywild is an unlistenable mess.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. Aug 15, 2015
    9
    mixture of pop indie plus a bit of electronic pop....
    not really bad, i think you should give it a try
    kinda like lights mixed with andrew
    mixture of pop indie plus a bit of electronic pop....
    not really bad, i think you should give it a try
    kinda like lights mixed with andrew belle
    so im giving the album a 7............................
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  2. Aug 19, 2015
    7
    A definite departure from Country Sleep but with peaks even higher. It's a shame that the album is so long as there is some filler here thatA definite departure from Country Sleep but with peaks even higher. It's a shame that the album is so long as there is some filler here that waters down all the fantastic songwriting and production. Had it been pared down to 10 or 11 tracks, this would be a top 5 or 10 album of the 2015 for me. Expand