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The WireMar 7, 2019Her most powerful album to date, both vivid and serene in its uncanny way of slowing the pace of time. [Mar 2019, p.61]
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Feb 4, 2019With a handful of impressive releases already under their belt, Tiny Ruins have outdone themselves here, with a full set of compellingly crafted songs that are enriched rather than overwhelmed by the fuller sound.
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UncutJan 31, 2019A worthy, if more subdued, companion to Kacey Johansing's The Hiding last year. [Mar 2018, p.37]
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MojoJan 31, 2019Less minimal folk this time, the title track and Holograms are particularly fulsome. [Mar 2019, p.99]
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Jan 31, 2019Fullbrook is quite a good singer, a subtle lyricist and a skillful crafter of melodies, but in Olympic Girls, she pulls all three aptitudes together in an organic way that is more than the sum of its parts.
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Feb 11, 2019Set to music that looks toward new horizons, Olympic Girls is a gentle study into freedom’s precariousness. The quest can be exhausting and frustrating, but, here, Tiny Ruins relish its brief embrace.
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Feb 5, 2019There’s so much room for everything to breath and flourish. Olympic Girls takes it slow, and we’re given the perfect chance for reflection through the mid-tempo bliss.
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Feb 5, 2019The 11 songs on Olympic Girls are all lush and bold (mostly) acoustic ballads, but each leaves you with an aftertaste all its own. The songs are charming ruminations on nature and humanity that, with their anti-chaotic energy and eerie sound effects, feel almost out-of-place in 2019.
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Mar 19, 2019Fullbrook mottles sonic accouterments throughout with graceful finesse, though sometimes at the expense of songs that dissolve into a foggy blur.
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Jan 31, 2019A sometimes-psychedelic tinge lifts Fullbrook's usual folk just off the ground. But Fullbrook's voice is still what grants the fine lines life.
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Feb 13, 2019While there's a temptation to allow music that's as wispy as this slip between one's fingers there's much to latch on to here if given due attention including the shuffling rock 'n' roll of "Stars, False, Fading" and the slow-burning, Linda Thompson arpeggio ascents of the bold title track.
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Feb 5, 2019Olympic Girls is Tiny Ruins diversifying their sound and, in the process, unlocking something new and palpable. Simply by moving further out, they start to let us in.
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Q MagazineFeb 4, 2019A charming lightness, the airy melodies and dreamy acoustic guitars gently folding into each other. If that makes these tracks sound like they're so breezy they could float away, singer Hollie Fullbrook's way with an arresting hook keeps them grounded. [Mar 2019, p.120]
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Feb 1, 2019Although listening to Olympic Girls is an immersive experience that takes the listener away from their reality, it's bittersweet--and not the kind of contemplative place that you would want to linger in for too long.
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Mar 6, 2019Beautiful, shimmering piece of music. Played this on the headphones and slowly but surely I was overcome...