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Feb 1, 2016Menace and rapture are beautifully balanced in Cross’s minimalist alt rock.
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Jan 29, 2016It’s difficult to imagine the results being this good if Cross had limited studio time, or if she tried to record vocal takes with strangers listening in.
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MojoJan 28, 2016Wabi-Sabi is as becalmed and warm as it's wracked and haunted. [Feb 2016, p.94]
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Jan 28, 2016This is a remarkable album, lovely but harrowing, meditative but visceral.
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Jan 28, 2016Both vivid and dreamlike, each narrative swims in and out of focus without ever being forced; the type of record to return to, again and again.
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Feb 5, 2016Throughout Wabi-Sabi, Cross Record thread their way between graceful and sinister, unfiltered beauty with heavier and uglier sounds, and tap into a dark well of energy that has potential to grow more powerful the further they explore it.
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Jan 29, 2016It’s sparse and lush all at once, and each listen reveals a different star in the night sky. There’s still room for them to move forward, but it’s a debut which ensures the listener there’s no way that won’t happen.
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UncutJan 28, 2016A strikingly confident record. [Feb 2016, p.74]
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Jan 28, 2016Wabi Sabi definitely feels like an album that could only have been conceived in an arid desert rather than a bustling city, and the remoteness of the couple's surroundings has certainly made them pay more attention to details and take notice of small, unique things such as the scorpions that adorn the album's cover.