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Jun 15, 2015As Weaver confesses to common pitfalls of falling in and out of love, The Fool spins on like a series of diary entries with no end in sight, quite possibly because Weaver has yet to decide how this story ends.
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Jun 18, 2015Each song is full of sonic acrobatics--sometimes glimmering, other times glitchy, but it's Weaver's voice that provides the heart and soul.
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Jun 15, 2015Weaver’s benefitted greatly from the rising tide of artists who are challenging pop’s sonic and structural rules, but on The Fool she sounds like she’s lost at sea.
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Jun 30, 2015The biggest highlights on The Fool ("Here Is Home") balance both of those instincts, tempering folky ache with subtle, twinkly beats.
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Jun 19, 2015The Fool contains many songs in line behind that first single; put any one of them on at random and you'll think it's a pretty great pop song. Play them in order though, for 40 minutes, and the experience becomes repetitive and empty.
Awards & Rankings
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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Jun 17, 2015