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  • Summary: The debut full-length release for the indie rock band was produced by Bernard Butler.
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  1. Positive: 5 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. May 3, 2012
    80
    Despite the title, Self-Taught Learner was anything but the work of an amateur, and here Trullie is clearly the queen of her post-punk castle.
  2. Apr 18, 2012
    80
    Lissy's insouciant delivery and impressive range, which scales the heavens one minute and fills her boots the next, marks her out as a singer of some considerable talent, and her voice is always engaging and likable.
  3. Apr 24, 2012
    70
    It all sounds Trullie effortless and it wouldn't be surprising if she reached the same heights as her contemporaries with just as much ease.
  4. Q Magazine
    Mar 20, 2012
    60
    As albums by models go, it's a blinder. [April 2012, p106]
  5. Apr 18, 2012
    60
    Like any poseur worth her salt, she can make a superficial costume seem compelling without drawing too much attention to the fact that the person inside of it may not have a whole lot to say.
  6. Mar 20, 2012
    50
    Lissy Trullie sounds simultaneously hungry and tepid, as if Trullie wants to make a big splash, but her album lacks the conviction or vision to make it happen.
  7. Apr 27, 2012
    40
    Although she retains the cool cleverness of an indie icon, this New Yorker's detached demeanour eventually ends up sounding, ahem, trullie dull.

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