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| 3.5 great | Erwann S. STAFF | December 18th 23 |
Byrne's brand of atmospheric folk sometimes carried by electronic ambience and new agey vibe is one that *just* needs a tiny bit more dynamism to fully raise her minimalistic approach to gripping levels. At its best, this magnifique.
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| 3.0 good | BADNEW | July 16th 23 |
Great voice. Great production. But the songs really don't hook me.
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| 4.5 superb | ajcollins15 | July 11th 23 |
It should come as no surprise that the sound of atmospheric and raw-sounding folk music is something I have come to cherish. Julie Byrne?s new album sees her bring in a wide range of ambient and drone musicians to help produce this gorgeous singer/songwriter album. The album starts out with some classic-sounding chamber folk with ?The Greater Wings?. Its simplistic guitar progression backed over her harrowing and angelic-sounding vocals. This leads into another cheery and bright chamber folk ?Portrait of a Clear Day?, with another mesmerizing guitar progression. From there we get an almost slowcore-sounding piano piece that builds into a devastating chamber pop and new age classic piece very similar to Julia Holter?s last album. But then the ambient and new age elements really start to come in on ?Summer Glass?, with angelic and mesmerizing drones and synthesizers. Leading into a charming new age ambient interlude. This all leads into the best single on here with ?Lightning Come Up From the Ground? with its gorgeous use of guitar and ambient drones to create such an angelic and atmospheric piece of music. This continues on for the rest of the album with a soul-crushing finish on ?Death Is the Diamond?. Julie Byrne's vision on her fourth album shows that the passion for new styles of atmospheric folk music should never be rushed, because when they come out well, they really hit home. The biggest negative I have is that ?Flare? and ?Conversation Is a Flowstate? are weaker tracks than the rest of the album.
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| 4.0 excellent | Pangea | April 5th 24 |
| 2.5 average | Hawks | February 9th 24 |
| 3.0 good | Yotimi | December 7th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | TwigTW | December 6th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom R. CONTRIBUTOR | August 7th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | fog CONTRIBUTOR | July 27th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Atari STAFF | July 13th 23 |
| 3.5 great | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | July 12th 23 |
| 3.0 good | arf | July 11th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | iGuter | July 10th 23 |
| 3.5 great | doofy | July 7th 23 |
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