What's New, Tomboy?
by Damien Jurado
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. Lajaleaa
    Jun 23, 2020
    7
    ( 71/100 )

    La invisibilidad de Damien Jurado es hermosa y sensible. Es irónico decir esto cuando realmente no recomiendo escuchar este álbum. Realmente me da igual y el peligro es ese, la indiferencia sobre la existencia de éste álbum la provocó el mismo artista. No es un desperdicio, pero tampoco es una adición, no es especial pero tampoco irrelevante, es solo un espacio musical que    ( 71/100 )

    La invisibilidad de Damien Jurado es hermosa y sensible. Es irónico decir esto cuando realmente no recomiendo escuchar este álbum. Realmente me da igual y el peligro es ese, la indiferencia sobre la existencia de éste álbum la provocó el mismo artista. No es un desperdicio, pero tampoco es una adición, no es especial pero tampoco irrelevante, es solo un espacio musical que podría decorar el fondo de una conversación sin estorbar, sin provocar la necesidad de detener la conversación y preguntar por la canción o embellecer la emoción de la convivencia. Producido por él mismo, esta es una simple muestra de música para dormir y no escuchar o simplemente poner en un Starbucks vacío.
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    The invisibility of Damien Jurado is beautiful and sensible. It is ironic to say that when I wouldn't recommend hearing this album. It's the same if you hear it or not, and that'ss the danger: the indifference about the existence of this album is because of the musician. It's not waste nor a contribution, it's not special nor irrelevant, it's just a musical space that could embellish the background of a conversation without clogging or making the conversation to stop for asking the song's name. It doesn't even improve the emotion of the moment. Produced by himself, this is a simple abstract of music to sleep without listening to or simply to put on an empty Starbucks.    … Expand

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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Pitchfork
    May 12, 2020
    73
    Despite What’s New, Tomboy?’s enlivened arrangements, the most interesting element is his lyrics, packed with fragments of daily life and ruminations on death.
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  2. American Songwriter
    May 11, 2020
    80
    Magical, mystifying and flush with finesse, it’s easily Jurado’s most enticing effort yet.
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  3. Dusted Magazine
    May 6, 2020
    80
    For this 15th solo album, the songwriter beefs up his arrangements a tad, though only compared to the last album, not the lush psychedelic swirl of his Richard Swift-abetted Mariqopa records. Yet the songs remain plain and beautiful, their clean lines unfettered by too much volume or density, delivered in a voice that creaks sometimes but doesn’t falter as it runs up effortlessly into near falsetto range.
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