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Dec 11, 2018Listeners put off by Nash's cheekiness in the past may find her more relatable here, or at least more compelling, though Yesterday Was Forever still refuses to pander.
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Mar 30, 2018The startling openness with which Kate writes is nothing but warming.
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Mar 29, 2018Nash hasn't just tried to continue her legacy as one of the UK's most iconic, honest and innovative pop sensations… she has completely rewritten it.
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Mar 29, 2018Sometimes the way Nash has structured the songs becomes hard to follow, or downright abrasive, as heard in the vocal changes in "California Poppies." Yet there is always a feeling of purpose dictating the clear vision behind "ugly" moments.
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Apr 4, 2018Yesterday Was Forever provides plenty of evidence that she can still hit top form when she wants to.
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Apr 4, 2018Yesterday Was Forever was a record paid for by fans, and made for the fans.
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Mar 29, 2018At 14 tracks, it feels pretty indulgent--only amplifying the fact that excluding a few choice cuts, these songs aren’t really all that good.
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May 4, 2018Nash calls herself and this approach contradictory, and maybe that's the best way to describe this album, but that carries a semblance of dismissing the issues she sings through and the realities she and her fans, listeners, and others experience all too often.
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Q MagazineApr 10, 2018Admittedly, the mostly spoken Musical Theatre is indulgent twaddle and she often squawks where others sing, but there's Hole-like grit to both Life In Oink and the raised middle finger of Hate You, where cascading choruses butt against stroppy verses. [Jun 2018, p.113]
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Mar 30, 2018Musicians often try to recapture the slippery magic of their initial successes--but few attempt it as explicitly as Nash does here. By doing so, she’s proven the vitality and raggedy charm of her early work is long gone.
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Mar 29, 2018Her winning formula back in 2010 was blunt honesty delivered in the form of spoken-word style poetry. Back then, she doled out witty, tongue-in-cheek observations and wry take-downs with ease. Attempts to recapture this style are marred by lazy rhymes and a delivery that’s often more just her speaking over the track.
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Apr 2, 2018At its best the record is a playful, pulse-raising thrill-ride; and you can see that musical dexterity on display here will be staggeringly impressive or bewilderingly inconsistent, depending on your taste. I guess Yesterday Was Forever, but tomorrow is where we’ll see the best from Kate Nash: this feels like the last step before greatness.
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Apr 3, 2018The music has some commercial cross-over potential that most people can't help but like, with various electric guitars and electronic keyboards arranged into pleasing and polished pop-rock. But these pleasant tunes don't have enough sharp dynamics to give them an edge and so end up as mostly fluff without so much substance.