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May 4, 2016Will is a beautifully written work of art that finds Barwick reaching out to a larger audience, but completely on her own terms.
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May 2, 2016Will's coup is how it keeps one guessing, and how Barwick keeps from relying on the beautiful yet impersonal sonic washes of her past work. It's the sound an artist, whose mysterious and celebrated process has ironically created theatrical and curated work to this point, finally achieving subtlety.
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May 16, 2016Will is a triumph--it takes the kosmische regurgitations of Oneohtrix Point Never, the choral, almost religious feel of early Julia Holter and the relentless thirst for finding the new in the old of The Caretaker to make an entirely new statement.
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May 9, 2016Will may at first seem small, private, and modestly appointed--just a room with a piano, a synthesizer, and a looping pedal--but once you settle in, it feels as vast as the universe in there.
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Oct 31, 2016Barwick continues to refine and expand her particularly gorgeous and idiosyncratic sound.
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May 27, 2016This music took time, precision, intuition, will. But it is the same. It doesn’t demand reverence, but its immense power might go null if not for the voidless silence that could introduce it, carry it like a medium into your every day everyday.
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May 11, 2016On the self-produced Will, there's an extraordinary confidence behind Barwick's voice and arrangements.
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May 9, 2016It’s this gentle tension between rigidity and fluidity which makes this a brilliant record. There’s enough repetition to draw you into its ambient landscape, but enough deviation to provide surprise and detail.
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May 9, 2016Iit’s not a huge leap from previous albums The Magic Place and Nepenthe, but the overall sound is richer and lusher than ever before.
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May 6, 2016An intentionally fragmented portrait of change, Will's cracks show the growth in Barwick's music, and its pieces are facets that allow different aspects of her talent to shine.
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May 5, 2016Will ultimately is a record about going places, even if it takes its sweet time. Uninterested in either Point A or Point B, Will is happy to just drift about in the in-between.
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May 3, 2016Will is a deeply dramatic showcase throughout--Barwick's vision might have its foundation in traditional forms but the way in which she deconstructs and rebuilds is a distinctly renegade act.
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UncutMay 2, 2016Will is an irresistibly immersive set-piece. [Jun 2016, p.69]
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May 2, 2016With Will, Barwick has once again created something only she could. It's a remarkable achievement--in whatever genre she decides to embrace.
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May 3, 2016It’s an emotional record first and an ambient record second, and one that will resonate even with those who typically aren’t fans of the niche genre.
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May 9, 2016As bewildering as Will can be, the overall lack of structure leaves a large part of the experience up to the imagination.
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May 19, 2016Through pre-programming, Barwick loses the human frailty and imperfection that exists in a world beyond our control. Intended to be performed live, the ambiguous and ethereal compositions of Will should evolve over time--a feat not possible given the finite structure of Barwick’s self-produced recording.
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May 4, 2016[Will] may be Ms. Barwick’s most conventionally light, soothing record, and is sometimes a little inert as a result.
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May 6, 2016Fast forward several years, and we find Will, her first record since 2013’s ‘Nepenthe’ both taking her music further into more straightforward terrain while remaining doggedly, indelibly weird.
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MojoMay 2, 2016There are moments of a chamber ensemble compactness and clarity, but at times it all gets suspended in and blurred b clouds of ambience. [Jun 2016, p.95]
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May 6, 2016Will is a wobbly baby step from a well-honed sound to something greater. There’s not much reason to listen to it over any of her other albums, and it’s less interesting for the music it contains than the music it promises.
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May 9, 2016Her construction techniques have always made for gigantic sonic treetops, and even better, the wind that rustled the entire forest. But when concentrating on placement rather than scope, simple additions don’t go as far.
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