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- Record Label: Drag City
- Release Date: Jan 26, 2010
- Summary: The latest album for the singer-songwriter was produced by Steve Albini and is her first with Drag City.
- Record Label: Drag City
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Alternative, Singer-Songwriter
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Positive: 12 out of 14
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Mixed: 2 out of 14
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Calcination is a harrowing, emotionally draining 51 minutes; it can’t be judged on anything but its essences lyrically and musically, making it an abundantly successful endeavor.
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The Calcination Of Scout Niblett is less a record to be heard, and more a spectacle to be gawked at, one from which it’s difficult to turn away.
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UncutSteve Albini is admirably restrained here, preserving the raw power of Niblett's guitar, allowing it to throb and hum beneath--and sometimes above--her bell-like voice. [Apr 2010, p.95]
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It takes an incredibly steady hand and a reservoir of patience to pull off this tone, but delightfully, still below the surface is that tension. There are these competing moments in her music then, and it is the way they compete that makes her aesthetic unique and beautiful.
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Niblett's music is very much an acquired taste, and there are few ways to enjoy this other than on her terms. She's not oblivious to this, and she has a sense of humor about it.
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A disquieting atmosphere is conjured by both the constant shifts in tempo and Niblett’s emotionally naked lyrics, while ’s naturalistic production deepens the album’s near-menacing intimacy.
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Under The RadarThe Calcination Of Scout Niblett is the Portland songwriter's most challenging album to date. [Winter 2010, p.69]
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