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Sep 3, 2015At times, as on Free, there’s a danger of things crossing into the formulaic big-pop sound the Mumfords have spread through the charts. But more often, these songs – written with Passion Pit’s Michael Angelakos among others--are imbued with enough subtle strangeness to remain beguiling.
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Jun 16, 2015As a debut album, The Fool is certainly an impressive first outing.
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Aug 25, 2015The Fool is full of promise, and though it just barely misses the mark as far as greatness is concerned, Weaver’s established that she’s on the right track for deserved potential superstardom.
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Jun 26, 2015She's confident for a new artist, but this promising debut backs up her big words.
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Jun 19, 2015Her confidently unsteady voice has a refreshing energy, serving as a cohesive, quivering throughline for her intentionally nomadic debut, The Fool.
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Jun 16, 2015Weaver and crew focus on the grand gestures, escalating the emotions and tension, spending as much time on the surge as the hook, and even if this tactic means the slower songs on the back half of the record drift, it also means that when the music is meant to be sweeping it often is.
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Jun 15, 2015Ms. Weaver’s lead vocals sound natural and personal, while Mr. Blanco and Mr. Angelakos build heroic crescendos for her.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 76 out of 111
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Mixed: 2 out of 111
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Negative: 33 out of 111
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