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  • Summary: The third full-length release for the singer-songwriter was produced by John Vanderslice.
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
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  1. Jan 10, 2014
    88
    Crain has invited the listener to eavesdrop on her internal and often contradictory dialogues. That she’s able to do so without shame is one of Kid Face’s crowning achievements and more evidence of Crain’s brilliant, though still-developing talents.
  2. Crain’s third album has proved something of a breakthrough in the US.
  3. Mojo
    Jan 23, 2014
    80
    Filled with the restless tension of forever moving on from relationships, situations or cities, her rarefied empathy hits a haunting peak on For The Miner. [Feb 2014, p.89]
  4. Jan 10, 2014
    70
    Crain's lyrics are plain-spoken. But the emotion in her tone is a dissertation.
  5. Oklahoma’s Samantha Crain does weird so very well. The only trouble is, she just doesn’t do it nearly enough.
  6. Jan 10, 2014
    70
    Vanderslice's arrangements glide between loping acoustic strums, delicate picking, and stately piano chords, though for such a quiet affair, Kid Face has a surprisingly sturdy bottom end.
  7. Jan 10, 2014
    60
    Samantha Crain’s debut seems inextricably tied to that spirit [of alt. country], with its simple melodic warmth trumping contemporary notions of waistcoat-wearing ‘authenticity’.

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