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Jan 10, 2014Crain 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.
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MojoJan 23, 2014Filled 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]
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Jan 13, 2014Crain’s third album has proved something of a breakthrough in the US.
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Feb 10, 2014What could just be another run through a well-worn genre becomes an album that is worth a place in any serious library.
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Feb 5, 2014Oklahoma’s Samantha Crain does weird so very well. The only trouble is, she just doesn’t do it nearly enough.
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Jan 10, 2014Vanderslice'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.
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Jan 10, 2014Crain's lyrics are plain-spoken. But the emotion in her tone is a dissertation.
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Jan 13, 2014That there's a little too much misery on this third album from the 27-year-old Oklahoman doesn't obscure a promising talent at work.
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Jan 10, 2014Samantha Crain’s debut seems inextricably tied to that spirit [of alt. country], with its simple melodic warmth trumping contemporary notions of waistcoat-wearing ‘authenticity’.