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- Record Label: The State51 Conspiracy
- Release Date: May 6, 2016
- Summary: The final album of a trilogy of releases that includes 2013's Blindspot and 2014's Distance from the British singer-songwriter was produced by Dan Michaelson and mixed by Ash Workman.
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- Record Label: The State51 Conspiracy
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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May 5, 2016These are magical songs, brimming with understated but powerful hooks and the joys of loss lifted and intimacy shared.
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UncutMay 5, 2016The tunes, by now, are richly coloured--there are tasteful flurries of cello, violin and brass--but the centrepiece remains Michaelson's lazy baritone, which makes up in emotional richness what it lacks in energy. Happily, Dan hasn't cheered up. [Jun 2016, p.76]
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Q MagazineMay 5, 2016IN Memory he finds his most reflective tone--the hurt still keening, but distant enough now to bring a gentleness and fluidity to his thought. [Jul 2016, p.111]
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MojoMay 5, 2016It began with 2013's minimalist Blindspot, harrowing on lost love; moved into 2014's Distance, trying to accept things; and here's reflection. [Jun 2016, p.94]
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May 13, 2016His weary regrets are cradled in a simple, swaying hammock of piano, violin and mournful horns. ... It’s a miserabilist masterpiece.